Teacher as a Progressivist

 Adesthe P. Garcia  
Major in Special Education  
Holy Angel University  
Philosophy  
PGN-104 September 6, 2018   
School of Education

 The philosophy of education involves teachers thinking through why they teach, how they teach, why they teach, and the way they do. Knowing our philosophy in teaching, teachers will know what they will be prioritize or where area they will focus more.

I was able to talk and ask teacher Ella about her philosophy in education, she believes that education should focus on the whole child, rather than on the content, she told me that since the class that she is currently handling is in pre-school, she really focused on the activities that she is providing for them. After she discusses the lesson she will immediately give each student an activity that they will do to make sure if the students are really learning. During her actual teaching, one of the lessons that I observed is presenting nutritious food like vegetable and fruits, they made buko pandan, an activity for the celebration of Nutrition Month held last July. Teacher Ella first introduced the ingredients that will be needed next she teaches students the step-by-step on how to do it. While she's doing it, she let the students put the ingredients without her assistance and they are also the one who mixed it. 

 

There are a lot of activities that can help those students to be productive. Based on the answer of teacher Ella, I can say that she is the type of teacher who is progressivist because she let her students apply their learnings in real-life. If you want to know if your students learn something from you, you let them do it by themselves. In the 21st century, we know that students learn best when they do it. We should prepare more activities that they will not only learn but they will also enjoy it. Effective teachers provide experiences so that students can learn by doing.