Assessment Description A philosophy of education is a statement regarding your beliefs and values about education. This statement is often required as part of the application process to gain employmen

Idealism

(This box has been completed for you to use as an example.)

Realism

• Oldest Western philosophy; Ancient Greece, Plato (Webb & Metha, 2017).

• Mind over matter; material things are an imperfect version of true perfection: Absolute Mind (Webb & Metha, 2017).

• Journey for truths, aspire for wisdom (Webb & Metha, 2017).

• Socratic method (Webb & Metha, 2017).

• Spiritual and intellectual development (Webb & Metha, 2017).

Neo-Thomism

Pragmatism

Existentialism

Perennialism

Progressivism

Behaviorism

Essentialism

Social Reconstructionism

Constructivism

Eastern Philosophies

Using the ideas that you highlighted, write a 200-250 word draft to explain your personal philosophy of education, grounded in theory. You will revise your educational philosophy throughout your program of study to make it more concise. Include the following in your draft:

• Purpose of education

• Core values and beliefs as an educator

• Your personal vision of meeting the learning needs of diverse students (e.g., ELLs, students with exceptionalities, gifted, and early finishers) using standards-based instruction