t seem thorough to treat the behavior only and not take into account the reason for the behavior. I am bothered by behaviorism because it reduces children to thoughtless individuals meant to mold. Within teaching, behaviorism like perenialism, removes the enjoyment out of learning. These philosophies are not concerned with if the student is enjoying learning. They seemed to be unconcerned with the child at all. Both of these philosophies do not take the time to meet the child within the student. The love of learning is the most powerful gift a teacher can give a student. These philosophies do not concern themselves with the student beyond the classroom or in the future.After putting in perspective what educational philosophies I do not agree with and the reasons as to why, it is easier to recognize those that I do support and intend to apply in my own classroom and teaching philosophy. The philosophies that I strongly agree with are constructivism, progressivism, and humanism.The main idea behind constructivism is that learning is an active process in which learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current or past knowledge. The learner selects and transforms information, constructs hypotheses, and makes decisions, relying on a cognitive structure to do so. Cognitive structure provides meaning and organization to experiences and allows the individual to "go beyond the information given". As far as instruction is concerned, the teachers responsibility is to encourage students to discover principles by themselves. The teacher and student should engage in an active dialog. The task of the teacher is to translate information to be learned into a format appropriate to the learner's current state of understanding. Curriculum should be organized in a spiral manner so that the student continually builds upon what they have already learned. This theory also emphasizes hands-on and activity based teaching (Johnson).I am p...
