Perennialism And Social Reconstructionalism Analysis

It was my first day of class in my senior year of high school. My teacher Mr. Middleton walked in and said “Alright class I am going to be honest with you, I know most of you don’t want to be here and will attempt to skip my class, but as a fair warning I do not tolerate excessive absences or tardiness. I will I be teaching you history of American government and economics but I will teach this class life lessons.” I sat in my desk and thought he is so straightforward and this class will be a pain. As the year progressed, Mr. Middleton stayed true to his promise and I admire him for it. I learned the history of American government, and preliminary information on American economics, but I also learned how to build my credit, my rights as an American
According to Teachers, Schools, and Society: A Brief Introduction to Education, Florida Edition (2016), Perennialism is a teacher centered classroom, with little flexibility in the curriculum. It implements rigorous standards aimed to sharpen intellectual powers and enhance their moral qualities. The perennials organize their schools around books, ideas, and concepts. Perennial mean “everlasting”, the concepts of Perennialism focuses on enduring themes and questions withstand time and continue to play a factor on the modern day society while still representing the time of its historical cultural literary period. In my sophomore year of high school in my AICE General Papers class, my class had to read, “Things Fall Apart”, a book about the struggle between change and tradition, interpretations of masculinity, and cultural difference. This book was a revelation to me. My teacher had class discussions, although my class was a sophomore English, which would typically be tough crowd, everyone engaged in class discussions about the chapters. Books can be great but teachers have to find a way to present them in manner that the students can connect to the book or relate it back to
School is a place for students to learn about themselves and their interest based on the knowledge acquired. My philosophy is a combination of these two philosophies. Books are great and if schools implemented them in manner that was less intimidating students would be more responsive to them. Connecting great books to teaching students about the real world. With the combination of Perennialism and Social Reconstructionalism teaching the class the curriculum as wells allowing the students to draw information from the lesson in to their day-to-day