Essentialism, where in the school’s task is to teach

mastery over a set core of “basic knowledge.” This

symbol “a book” represents this philosophy, as we all
know that a book gives millions of information.
Essentialism also believes that learning is hard work.
Must drill, memorize, know the content.

Progressivism promotes democratic social living. As

you can see, the light lamp in the center of these different
individuals surrounding it symbolizes progressivism
philosophy that focuses individual growth from within
through interaction with a favorable environment.

Existentialism is a form of philosophical inquiry that explores

the nature of existence by emphasizing experience of a human
subject. For me, self-reflection symbolizes this philosophy. Self-
reflection is like looking into a mirror and describing what you see. It
is a way of assessing yourself, your ways of working and how you
study. To put it simply 'reflection' means to think about something.
 Behaviorism arrange environmental conditions to change the behavior of an individual. These
two-side faces of an individual symbolizes it. As the behaviorism is based on the assumption that
learning occurs through the interactions within the environment.

Perennialism is a teacher-centered educational philosophy that

focuses on everlasting ideas and universal truths. This brain gear image
of an individual symbolizes it. The meaning is self-explanatory from the
metaphor: "to make yourself start thinking clearly and effectively."

Constructivism is 'an approach to learning that holds that people actively

construct or make their own knowledge and that reality is determined by
the experiences of the learner. This puzzle symbolizes it, as it is
to“construct” or connecting its pieces to construct. Connecting prior
knowledge to the new one to build big ideas.

Linguistic Philosophy provide experiential learning to learn

language. This conversation boxes with a colored part in the center
symbolizes language communication between the two different people.
A Language shapes the way people perceive the world and it also helps
to define culture of any society through the mastery of different
communication skills.
they made need, whether big or
small. I want my students to
take away a sense of pride
and excitement from learning
new concepts, as well as the
knowledge they achieve in
doing so.
Within my own philosophy, I
found a lot of how I feel about
the student’s role in
the classroom to closely align
with that of the Progressivism
educational philosophy. I
believe the student’s role in the
classroom should be that of
learners, but to do so by
engaging through hands on
experience and discovering new
concepts on their own. There
is a lot to be said about the
difference of learning concepts
from someone else, versus
learning something new on your
own through guided instruction,
and the gratification
and exhilaration that comes
with each new discovery.
Throughout reading about the
different educational
philosophies such as the one I
discussed previously, as well as
taking my philosophy of
education self-inventory, I have
learned a lot about myself and
what kind of teacher I am.
While reading about the four
different philosophies of
education; Perennialism,
Essentialism, Romanticism
and
Progressivism, I found
myself connecting with
several aspects from the
latter two
philosophies. Oddly enough,
when I took the self-
inventory, I scored highest
in
Romanticism and
Progressivism. The aspects of
these philosophies that I
connect most
with how students are viewed in
the classroom and the way in
which we as teachers want
them to learn. If I could
combine both of these
philosophies into one, it would
precisely
explain my philosophy of
education.
The purpose of the student’s
education is providing them
with problem solving
skills and helping them to
become good citizens, through
their individual self-fulfillment.
The teacher’s role is to not only
facilitate the learning of their
students and provide them

they made need, whether big or

small. I want my students to
take away a sense of pride
and excitement from learning
new concepts, as well as the
knowledge they achieve in
doing so.
Within my own philosophy, I
found a lot of how I feel about
the student’s role in
the classroom to closely align
with that of the Progressivism
educational philosophy. I
believe the student’s role in the
classroom should be that of
learners, but to do so by
engaging through hands on
experience and discovering new
concepts on their own. There
is a lot to be said about the
difference of learning concepts
from someone else, versus
learning something new on your
own through guided instruction,
and the gratification
and exhilaration that comes
with each new discovery.
Throughout reading about the
different educational
philosophies such as the one I
discussed previously, as well as
taking my philosophy of
education self-inventory, I have
learned a lot about myself and
what kind of teacher I am.
While reading about the four
different philosophies of
education; Perennialism,
Essentialism, Romanticism
and
Progressivism, I found
myself connecting with
several aspects from the
latter two
philosophies. Oddly enough,
when I took the self-
inventory, I scored highest
in
Romanticism and
Progressivism. The aspects of
these philosophies that I
connect most
with how students are viewed in
the classroom and the way in
which we as teachers want
them to learn. If I could
combine both of these
philosophies into one, it would
precisely
explain my philosophy of
education.
The purpose of the student’s
education is providing them
with problem solving
skills and helping them to
become good citizens, through
their individual self-fulfillment.
The teacher’s role is to not only
facilitate the learning of their
students and provide them
A teacher is someone who shapes and molds children’s learning abilities all throughout their
most essential years of their lives, and that is why my philosophy of education encourages children to
reach their full educational potential, through giving them a love for learning, a love for themselves, and
a love for this diverse world that we live in. Teaching in the 21 st century has its own challenges which
need to be conquer in order to achieve my goals as a future teacher. My main goal is to nurture learners
who will be of value to the society, intelligent and of character. I also have an aim that every learner is
capable of passing subject and to progress to the next grade. To achieve this, the basic foundation of
success in any school depends on strong moral values, respect and self-discipline. This is because the
moral decay in our society today is alarming therefore I will take it as my priority to reduce or eliminate
it from my class. The teaching of respect, moral values and self-discipline will form the foundation of my
class in which teaching will be done in different ways through discussions, debate, lecture etc. to nurture
them in good character. Theodore Roosevelt emphasized that, to educate a person in mind and not in
morals is to educate a menace in the society. As the future classroom manager, I will let my learners
know the behavior I expect from them and will not accept behavior undermine others. I will have high
expectation for my learners both academically and in behavior, therefore I believe in ensuring equity in
class for all learners during class activities. I will also prefer the seat arrangement in my class to be in
groups with spaces so that I will have easy access to learners when they need me. I also believe in
motivating all learners who have shown little achievement to continue their good work. Rodriguez and
Bellanca (2007, p.15) emphasized that trained teachers must give energetic, positive feedback and
rewards to all learners with special attention for the perceived low performers.