Philosophy of Education

This philosophy places the highest priority on students directing their own learning. Learning is self-paced and includes a lot of individual contact with the teacher.

• Essentialism

• Progressivism

• Existentialism

• Social Reconstructionism

Who organizes their schools around books, ideas, and concepts like the Great Books curriculum?

• Essentialists

• Progressivists

• Existentialists

• Perennialists

What approach does essentialism believe in?

• back-to-basics

• scaffolding

• pragmatism

• behaviorism

Teacher Maria sees to it that her classroom is clean and orderly so her pupils will less likely to disarrange seats on the floor. On which thought is her action based?

• Behaviorism

• Essentialism

• Existentialism

• Reconstructionism

“Specialization is knowing more and more about less and less”. Then it is better to be a generalist, claim Teacher Lani. On which philosophy does Teacher Lani lean?

• Perennialism

• Essentialism

• Progressivism

• Existentialism

The philosophy that advocates reality is outside of our minds.

• Essentialism

• Realism

• Idealism

• Progressivism

A teacher centered philosophy that adheres the belief that the basic skills of literacy (reading and writing) as well as subject matter knowledge should be develop in school.

• Progressivism

• Essentialism

• Perennialism

• Idealism

Philosophy emphasizes the subjectivity of human experience.

• Social Reconstructionism

• Progressivism

• Existentialism

• Idealism

Teacher that belongs to reform movement that opposed traditional education. They were against Authoritarian teachers, Book- based Instruction.

• Pragmatism

• Progressivism

• Perennialism

• Realism

Philosophy that believes that on top of hierarchy are the most important subject that cultivate abstract thinking.

• Idealism

• Progressivism

• Essentialism

• Existentialism