Reconstructionism in Philosophy of Education CATEGORY Direction in time
TRADITIONAL preserving the past
Educational value fixed, absolute, objective Educational focuses on teaching process Intellectual focus train, discipline the mind Subject-matter for its own selfimportance Curriculum composed of three Rs Learning cognitive learning, disciplines Teacher disseminates, lectures, dominates instruction Student receptacle, receives knowledge, passive
RECONSTRUCTIONISM growth, reconstruct present, change society, shape future changeable, subjective, relative focuses on active self-learning engage in problem-solving, social tasks all have similar value three Rs, arts, sciences, vocational exploratory, discovery facilitates, coaches, change agent engages discoverer, constructs knowledge