8 philosophies

Essentialism: This school of thought believes that education should function to teach students a core set of information rather than to transmit underlying truths and morals. The belief is that all individuals need a certain set of information to function in society and that learning this information along with learning mental discipline can give students the the keys to function in society. This school of thought borrows equally from idealism and realism.

Behaviorism: Behaviorists believe that learning is best understood through a close examination of environment, behaviors, and responses. In short, they believe that the environment a student exists in will impact their outcome rather than believing that heritage will pre-determine the behavior and ability of a student. This school of thought is mostly versed in realism.

Positivism: This philosophy of education disregards notions of the mind, spirit, or consciousness. The theory is that education can only be understood in terms of matter and motion. That is to say that the tangible and quantifiable components of our world are the focus of positivism.

Progressivism: This philosophy favors answers and information based on the students experience of life to rooted facts. The idea is that students are taught how to think rather than what to think. This theory of learning naturally requires a flexible classroom environment.

Humanism: Humanism is essentially an existential frame of thought. Humanists believe that schools downplay the relationship between students and teachers and think this is wrong. Humanists believe in creating a self-actualizing person. The belief is that by centering education around the self, students become capable of better understanding academics.

Constructivism: this school of thought is based around hands-on, activity-based education. The idea behind constructivism is that by being allowed to explore, students are capable of creating their own frames of thought. Because the focus of the discipline is centered around helping students create their own frame of thought, this school of thought is primary considered an expression of existentialism.

I know the project was to find the eight philosophies but these six were the only ones that i found in the book and i don't know what the other two might be. I hope to bring this up in class.

For myself, i found that i mostly believed a combination of humanism and progressivism. I think that students are best taught by validating their thoughts and emotions. approaching the student as a complete individual rather than as just as a student allows students to become self-actualized. Self-actualization is something that i am increasingly noticing the importance of lately. I think that part of my inclination to these schools of philosophy is that my subject matter inherently leans towards expression.