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Wvu Juanay On Essentialism In Education

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Findings showed that when taken as a whole, and classified according to course, sex, and grade point average (GPA), the scores of the pre-service teachers of WVSU-Janiuay on prevailing educational philosophies were described as “somehow agree”. This means that both BEEd and BSEd students, regardless of sex and GPA, are likely to embrace a certain educational philosophy with inclinations to possess beliefs or concepts, although they do not strongly advocate or single out one among the six common educational philosophies. When taken as a whole, and classified according to course, sex and GPA, the pre-service teachers’ scores on essentialism were described as “somehow agree.” This implies their impartial but not total inclination to embrace …show more content…

Essentialists believe in education that stresses the fundamentals. Modern essentialists favor going "back to the basics" of the traditional curriculum (Marino, 2004). In essentialism, teachers think that they should educate every man’s child. Essentialists are oriented more in their outlook to their subject matter than their students. It could be thus realized that the pre-service teachers somehow agree that instruction is teacher-oriented and is focused on the intellectual growth of students—not their social, emotional, or physical …show more content…

A key element to this theory of learning is the rewarded response. The desired response must be rewarded in order for learning to take place (Parkay & Hass, 2000).In education, advocates of behaviorism have effectively adopted this system of rewards and punishments in their classrooms by rewarding desired behaviors and punishing inappropriate ones. Rewards vary, but must be important to the learner in some

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As chapter two discusses perennialism and how it is still present in our schools, I can relate it to how classrooms are set up as a lecture style setting. Teaching is based primarily on the Socratic method: oral exposition, lecture, and explication. Here is one curriculum for all students, with little room for elective subjects or vocational or technical subject matter (Ornstein and Hunkins text, p. 34). Essentialism within the schools still stand today with the demand to raise academic standards and changing standards (Ornstein and Hunkins, 2017, p. 36). An example is the No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

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One extreme is the belief that education should focus more on its contribution to society. Bass and Gatto both agree that education needs to focus on the students’ roles in their society. According to Bass and Gatto, students should be taught the importance of society and community. The other extreme is the belief that schooling should put its efforts into the children themselves. David James strongly shows us that he agrees with this extreme when he discusses how one must seek out their individual purpose and pursue it.

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He discusses a common belief that students are incapable of self-regulation and thus need constant positive or negative reinforcement. " A common assumption in the discourse of classroom management/control is that young people require behavioral control through active adult surveillance, regulation, and intervention" (Wegwert 2014, p. 139). Wegwert then cites the use of rewards and punishments is ineffective, despite its prevalence. The sources and research he references aids the argument against the assumption of classroom control. Wegwert concludes the section with personal advice: “Words matter and it can be very powerful to use language as a strategy to re-frame unquestioned assumptions and introduce new strategies” (Wegwert, 2014, p 139).

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The Socio-behaviorist theory (behaviorism) Socio-behaviorists often study how children 's experiences model their behaviors (Nolan & Raban, 2015). Behaviorism believes that what matters is not the development itself, but the external factors that shape children 's behaviors (Nolan & Raban, 2015). This theory demonstrates that teachers and mentors dominate and instruct child-related activities, and they decide what children should learn and how to learn (Nolan & Raban, 2015). Reinforcement, which is an essential factor that helps children to learn particular behaviors, generally refers to rewards and punishments (Nolan & Raban, 2015). Children are more likely to repeat actions that result in receiving praise; in contrast, they may ignore or abandon behaviors that make them get punishment.

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My educational philosophy has been in development for 15 years. It is a product of my own experiences in school, as well as my opinions on what skills should be taught, and to what extent different components of the child should be developed. The academic, social, emotional, and cognitive development of the children can be heavily influenced in PreK and kindergarten classrooms. It is dependent on the teacher to conduct their classroom in a manner that successfully facilitates the development of each child’s faculties. As a future teacher, it is critical that I enter the classroom with a clear philosophy in regards to how I believe education should be conducted.

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Education is necessary for all students. It is a tool which can be used to enhance one's learning and to provide students with experiences inside the classroom to prepare them for later in their life. Teachers are an indispensable figure in the classroom and are called as leaders of the next generation. Everything done in the classroom helps develop children into the citizens they will become. It is essential to understand that students have difference in need, ability, and success rate, but they are all special in their own way.

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