Philosophy of Education

In class we took a test that exames your philosophy of education. There are four different categories: Perennialism, essentialism, progressivism, and social reconstructionism. I scored the highest on social reconstructionism. This is the idea that teachers believe in asking social questions, questions about society. It's about improving the world around them and making students think critical and make their own conclusions. I scored the next highest on progressivism. Progressivism is a student centered way of learning. The idea that you learn by doing or doing  hands- on scienetific experiements for example. I think both of these philosophies really benefit the students in the long run. Learning in these types of ways teaches students skills they will need throughout their lives, instead of just memorize material for tests. Doing this survey made me think about what I really want my philosophy to be, it's somethings I never really thought in depth about, but I think it's really important to understand what your goals are through teaching.