Educational philosophy

The next concept that was the five education philosophies that the book talks about. The five philosophies are Essentialism, Perennialism, Progressivism, Social reconstructionism/ critical theory, and Existentialism. After reading about this in the book I found out that my education philosophy is Essentialism. Essentialism is teaching the core knowledge that students need to be educated citizens; this knowledge is embodied in traditional academic disciplines such as history and mathematics. The teacher is the central figure in the classroom, transferring their knowledge to students. This information is found in Chapter 3, pages 42-45 (1). Another concept in that the book talked about was pedagogy. Pedagogy is the art and science of teaching; all that you know and believe about teaching. The pedagogy is important because it is everything that I believe and know about teaching and will know about teaching. It will change as I get older and as I am a teacher longer and longer. The information about pedagogy is found in Chapter 4, page 56 (1). Instruction is the next concept that I believe is important that the book talks about. Instruction is the act or process of teaching the way your pedagogy becomes enacted in practice. Every teacher is different…

Regardless of whether educators understand it or not, educational philosophies govern the way education takes place. Today, many educators develop a set of these philosophies that they believe govern their classrooms, and it is truly up to the individual to develop his or her own educational philosophies according to their own influences and understandings. In my personal experiences, I found that the educational philosophies that I would like to adopt are genuinely starting to evolve; and as a…

All teachers have their own personal philosophy that shape the way they teach. Teacher led philosophies of education are different compared to student led philosophies of education. We see the difference by looking at five major educational philosophies. I’ll begin with essentialism and perennialism which are both teacher led philosophies that tend to be more conservative and authoritarian. They don’t take students interest into consideration during lessons they only focus on teaching the…

Educational philosophies are essentially the opinion of a teacher that describe how they will teach students information in their classes and it also explains the ideologies and scenarios where this learning will occur. Educational philosophies describe how the ideal principles of how education is and should be in schools in the eyes of a single teacher. Having been exposed to teachers for a majority of my life, I have been around teachers who have had all sorts of different ideologies in which…

An Educational leader must be an instructional leader. The primary goal of any Educational leader is to promote a high level of instruction in order for students to gain mastery of skills. This goal is paramount to any Educational leader in assisting in the development of quality instructional practices. Additionally, Educational leaders need to develop and effectively communicate a mission and vision for their school which will inspire all stakeholders. For any Educational community to attain…

Personal Philosophy Basically, a great educational leader in my opinion is one that ensures that all stakeholders in the school organization develop—students and teachers. The educational leader of the school must ensure that learning spreads throughout the organization and must work to verify teachers, as well as students, learn nonstop, especially in areas of subject matter, instruction, social, and cultural competence. In order to reach this objective of a unity of students, I think that…

Educational Philosophy What is my educational philosophy? In short it is a gumbo of education theory’s, founders, and roots that benefit the arts and encourages personal growth and opinion. I look to Rousseau for his learning environments, Montessori for his use of sensory skills to engage students, and Frobel for his focus on the arts. When it comes to roots, I take from many society’s like the Preliterate why emphasized on skills and identity, as well as the Greeks who created leaders and…

Philosophy Paper Every student has a different approach to learning new things throughout their life. The different approaches each student takes is due to his or her understanding and the manner in which the new information is processed in his or her brain. As time passes, there has been more research on the element of philosophy and the various philosophies teachers use to teach their students. I personally believe in using the educational philosophy of progressivism to teach today’s…

My Educational Philosophies Every educator has different priorities for their students. Some believe that test scores and book knowledge are the end all goal. Others wish to let their students experiment and learn about concepts they cannot be tested on. As a teacher, I hope to never become overly preoccupied by test scores. My main priority is for my students to leave my classroom with knowledge, a love of learning, and the ability to investigate. Since I believe that these concepts are my…

Philosophy for Children is a representation of John Dewey’s educational theory put into action written by Matthew Lipman, Gareth Matthews and Kieran Egan. The unified goal of the Philosophy for Children is to fill classrooms with transformed students who have learned to self-correct through dialogue and self-reflection. This transformation is done through conversation, discovery and understanding through the power of dialogue. In order to transform the classroom into a self-corrective…