Educational Philosophy

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Your personal philosophy of education is based on:

Knowledge is truth and should be learned for the sake of learning and to promote personal virtues.

One's personal teaching philosophy may include more than one of these educational philosophies.

Encourages development of child-centered problem solving skills through inquiry, discovery, and interaction.

Encourages self-actualization through student independence and self-direction utilizing personal talents and abilities to assimilate knowledge.

Based on pragmatism and progressive education, it encourages schools to play a role in building a new social order.

Maximizes students' freedom of choice and promotes self-reflection to determine ones' future.

Reformer of the Progressive Era who encouraged child-centered curriculum and child-centered schools focusing on daily life activities.