The Educational Philosophy of Reconstructionism

http://udmathteaching.wordpress.comThe Educational Philosophy of Reconstructionism

LOGOLOGOhttp://udmathteaching.wordpress.comContentsIntroduction1Founder2What is constructionism?3Reconstruction belifes4LOGOhttp://udmathteaching.wordpress.comIntroduction

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John Dewey

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http://udmathteaching.wordpress.comFounderTheodore Brameld 1904 1987

Theodore Brameld (1904-1987) founder of social reconstructionism, in reaction against the realities of World War II.

Minority Problems in Public Schools (1945) Ends and Means in Education: A Midcentury Appraisal (1950) Patterns of Educational Philosophy: A Democratic Interpretation (1950) Philosophies of Education in Cultural Perspective (1955) Toward a Reconstructed Philosophy of Education (1956) Cultural Foundations of Education: An Interdisciplinary Exploration (1957) The Remaking of a Culture: Life and Education in Puerto Rico (1959) Education as Power (1965) The Use of Explosive Ideas in Education: Culture, Class, and Evolution (1965) Japan: Culture, Education, and Change in Two Communities (1968) The Climactic Decades (1970) The Teacher As World Citizen: A Scenario of the 21st Century (1976) Tourism as Cultural Learning (1977)LOGOhttp://udmathteaching.wordpress.comStarting PointFrom this analysis came constructive blueprints for a new social order that challenged social inequities like prejudice, discrimination, and economic exploitation. Counts especially influenced him profoundly. Writing in The Social Frontier, a journal of educational and political critique, he argued for a radical philosophy that focused analysis on weaknesses in the social, economic, and political structure.

In the 1930s Brameld was drawn to a social activist group of scholars at Teachers College, Columbia University (i.e. Counts, Rugg, Curti, and Kilpatrick).

George Counts (1889-1974)LOGOhttp://udmathteaching.wordpress.comNotable Reconstructivisits

George Counts (1889-1974) - recognized that Education was the means of preparing people for creating this new social order.

Paulo Freire (1921-1997) - a Brazilian whose experiences living in poverty led him to champion education and literacy as the vehicle for social change. - humans must learn to resist oppression and not become its victims, nor oppress others. - saw teaching and learning as a process of inquiry in which the child must invent and reinvent the world.LOGOhttp://udmathteaching.wordpress.comDiagramPragmatismProgressivismReconstructionismLOGOhttp://udmathteaching.wordpress.comWhat is reconstructionism? Social reconstructionism is a philosophy that emphasizes the addressing of social questions and a quest to create a better society and worldwide democracy.LOGOhttp://udmathteaching.wordpress.comReconstructionism belifesFeel realize in the duty.

Seek the experience with oneself. Curriculum should focus on student experience and taking social action on real problems.make study about the creativity

build the atmosphere like democracy social Make a child sees the necessity in creating social.Learning by doing

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