REFLECTION

Progressivism is the belief that education should focus on the

whole child, rather than on the content or the teacher. This philosophy
and its tenets are based on the idea that the child should be free to
develop naturally, and learning is based on experiences. This is to
promote students to become better citizens, according to John Dewy
one of progressivism key figures. Progressivists believe that coursework
should be relevant to “real life”. It should be considered useful.
As a teacher my philosophy focus more on classroom
management plan, to teach students self-discipline so they will
discipline themselves. I believe that if students have a strong teacher
with a strong classroom management plan, then those students will
have everything they need to be successful academically and
behaviorally.
In order to achieve this goal one of my practices used to impose
discipline in my class is having an organized lesson plan using the
guided practice or ‘I do, We do, You do’ method. This approach starts
with teacher modelling a practice but involves the gradual release of
responsibility to the student until the student can undertake tasks on
their own. After the teacher introduces new learning, he/she begins
the student practice process by engaging students in a similar task to
what they will complete later in the lesson independently.
Through this guided practice, it could give clear directions for how
students should engage with teacher to complete the guided practice
task. Having a step-by-step implementation of the lesson students will
have a clear understanding and a meaningful learning about the lesson
and discipline will come after.