home

 **Jessica Corrales Buhrow** Portfolio Checkpoint 1

EDEE 3320

**Resume**

**Philosophy of Education**

=
Although I believe that students should be groomed for the future, like a perennialist, I also believe that students should have the opportunity to figure things out on their own. I think that no one person is just a single philosophy, that adheres to myself also; I take a little from each and combine them to be what I hope is a great teacher. I agree with essentialism and perennialism in saying that students need a basic foundation to learn, and that it is my job t give it them. They need structure in which to learn these lessons, or one may never know if they understand. However, progressivism and Post-Modernism give my student’s room to thrive in a different way, a way I believe is important. I feel the best way to see if they learned the basics to further their education, taught rigorously by essentialist and perennialists, is through hands on real life situations. Learning to work as a team is important, because no matter what job you obtain, you will never be alone, you will always be relying on people to assist you. Progressivists and post-modernist understand that, they realize that growth as a person can lead to growth in the mind. The more you are willing to accept, the more you will learn. All classrooms should have structure, but within those walls there should be parameters to allow children to be free and learn about things that will actually prepare them for their lives. Essentialists and perennialists know that without strict rules, one be all over the place and never get anything accomplished; I agree. Students should learn to use that knowledge, and still learn to accomplish their goals in any type of environment they are in. My job is to prepare them for the world, since I don’t know where they are going or how it will treat them, I will prepare them for every possible outcome there is. That is why I chose to be a little bit of all four of the philosophies, without one there is no backbone for the others.=====