Today in class the fourth group presented chapter seven, Educational Philosophy. They talked about the four main areas of philosophy of education. They were Perennialism, Essentialism, Progressivism, and Social Reconstructionism. Then they went on to explain in detail what each one of them was. Perennialism focuses on enduring ideas. The teacher teaches by lecturing, questions the students and has discussions. It really focuses on academic work. Where as Essentialism’s goal is to have students acquire the basic skills to survive in the world today. Progressivism is student-centered and the students learn by doing. The teachers like to have problem based learning. The last of the four is Social Reconstructionism. The curriculum is geared toward social issues. The goal is to have students understand their role in society and how they can improve the world around them. Then they showed us two videos to go with two of these different areas. This really helped me better understand what each of the two areas are and how it actually applies in the classroom. They had many great quotes throughout the presentation too. In addition, I thought it was great that the group made each of us take a quiz that examined each of our own beliefs. It asked us questions and then at the end it had points depending on your answers, it then would place us into the areas of philosophy. This will be a good source to go back to when we are writing our own educational philosophy papers.
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