ersonally drawn to this philosophy for many reasons. Constructivism empowers the students and gives them the opportunity to take learning into their own hands. Its motives are to give the students the tools to make personal and independent decisions, making them problem solvers. Constructivism also emphasizes scaffolding, building upon past knowledge and making connections. My personal view is that this is the most logical and effective teaching strategy. The emphasis of hands-on, activity based lessons also appeals to my teaching style. I feel that students learn best through experience, which often comes about through hands-on activities. Most importantly, constructivism promotes instilling the love of learning into students. The only complaint about the philosophy would be that it relies too heavily on one type of learning and relies too much on the assumption that students have past knowledge to build upon.Teaching literacy through a constructivist point of view would be worthwhile. Teaching local literacy knowledge (phonics, grammar) by building knowledge and skills upon one another is logical and effective. Students are also given some freedoms and choices as to what to write or read. It promotes creativity, which is important in both writing and reading. Once again, it supports the idea of instilling the love of reading and writing into students.The humanistic philosophy of education is the idea of studying the whole person or student. It looks at a childs behavior not only through the eyes of the observer, but through the eyes of the child doing the behaving. Humanistic psychologists believe that an individuals behavior is connected to his inner feelings and self-image. The humanistic approach also believes that individuals are internally directed and motivated to fulfill their human potential.The humanistic educational philosophy believes that students should be able to choose what they want to learn. It is beli...
