Educational Philosophy

Every person has a method of doing things and every person has a way of thinking. We wouldn't be human if we all thought the same. We'd be more like ants. Which wouldn't be such a bad thing since we'd all be working together for a common purpose as opposed to working against each other to succeed in our own goals. If these first few sentences aren't a hint to my educational philosophy, then I don't know what else is.

In taking an educational philosophy self assessment, it came as no surprise that a majority of my results pointed toward progressivism and humanism. I've always been a very "all of us are different, but all of us should work together" kind of person, and I believe that is what the assessment was attempting to tell me. When it comes to education, I believe that every individual should be allowed to question everything that society presents towards them. In fact, I believe that's really the only way to truly learn, is by questioning reality, society and everything you are told to arrive to a conclusion. 

In our class textbook there was a section on Marxism and education which brought up Hegelian Dialectics. These dialectics largely explain my opinions on how education should be taught. We have the the thesis, everything we are told by teachers, parents, and society. It is the job of the student to develop the antithesis to conflict the thesis. Asking questions. Why is it this way? What is the meaning of what I am learning? Why am I learning it? What is the point? The conclusion produces a synthesis. An answer. After which one can retain what they have learned because they have a different influence in what and why they are learning it. Thesis and antithesis. The conflict between the two should be an inevitable part of our education system, yet we persist with a rigid and standardized system that teaches the what but not the why.