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| My educational
philosophy is:
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| Well, I'm one of
those "Jack of all trades, master of none" type people who straddle the fence
on most everything imaginable. I don't have a favorite color, car or
food. I like lots of things and I think that given the circumstance,
many things could be applicable. I think you should be aware of the
benefits and the costs in order to make the best decision. given this,
it wasn't a big surprise to find out that my leaning in educational philosophy
covers a lot of ground. I am most inclined towards Progressivism, and
I think I can live with that. Essentialism and Behaviorism tie for
second, with Perennialism and Existentialism falling in close behind. I do feel that children need to be challenged, pushed forward from their comfort zone, but still reassured so they have the security needed to make that forward movement of discovery. I think that people are able to understand things better when they can apply the information to their lives, and that kids should be able to interact with each other as that fosters community identity as well as individual understanding. Kids should be allowed time to figure things out on their own, while guidance is provided by the teacher so that not too much time is wasted, yet they do have the freedom to think of things perhaps in another way that will work better. I think that kids need to know the basic, structurally sound, information that drives a society and also develop the creativity to deal with, and invent, new ways of working that system. Kids need to know the important things about the place they live in, because they will be interacting with the people around them, but they also need to know about the places farther away so that they can interact intelligently with those people and make themselves more valuable to society. I think learning should be fun. Kids should look forward to what they're learning in school and sometimes that means moving around. They should be able to build their self-confidence, enabling them to stand on their own two feet in a world of rationalization and decision making, taking the facts and putting them together for themselves, no matter what others may say. They should have the chance to make their own choices within a structured setting. Kids need to be challenged to do more than they can, but not held to extreme standards that they can never reach. |
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