My Philosophy Of Education
My own philosophy of education is rather difficult for me to explain. There are
many parts of our educational system that I disagree with. The problem is that I see far
too many problems, yet offer few answers. Today's educational systems seem so trendy
and political. It almost seems like we should not get comfortable with any one way of
doing things because policies and procedures change so often. My own philosophy is one
that many people have heard of, "If it's not broken, then don't fix it!". This is simple,
and so am I.
Upon reading some of the different philosophical views towards education, I
found many really good ideas. Each philosophy is presented very attractively. And why
not? The people who set forth these particular ideas were very passionate about what
they believed in. Unfortunately, we could all debate about the different philosophical
views of education until we are blue in the face. This still doesn't actually make any one
opinion, better than any of the others. We all have opinions, what we need is common
ground between them. Hopefully, that is what my educational philosophy stands for.
The metaphysics, or nature of reality, of my philosophy starts with the subjects we
study in school. Subjects should be functional to today's world. Our educational system
is far more diverse today than it has ever been, and our subject matter should reflect that.
The reality of the subjects studied in school, should also reflect upon the reality in each
student's environment. Reality can change, because environments change. Textbooks
and literature become somewhat obsolete after a while because our culture changes so
rapidly. That is not to say that classic pieces of literature are not of use in the classroom,
but each literary product presented in the classroom should hold some information that is
relatively useful for all of the students.
When considering metaphysics in the classroom, I believe that religion is
something for outside of the...
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