America's education has changed over the years since colonial times. Although religion has greatly influenced the early colonial schools, education has been granted to all races, women, to every child with a disability and without. And lately, the NCLB (No Child Left Behind Act) assures that all children regardless of race, gender, socio-economic status, English language learners, and learning ability are entitled to education. Due to this act, the INTASC standard 3 applies to all teachers:
The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning
and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.
In today's educational practice, there are six major educational philosophies that teachers need to be aware of. They are perennialism, essentialism, progressivism, social reconstructivism, humanism, and existentialism. These philosophies are useful to teachers who are still searching for their own philosophies of teaching. I believe that I can be an effective teacher, however, I am not able to limit myself with one philosophy. I believe that as time goes by, there will be a need to implement all six philosophies. Children change rapidly, be it attitude, way of thinking, interests, understanding, and values. Therefore, as a future teacher I need to bear in mind INTASC standard 2:
The teacher understands how children learn and develop, and can provide learning
opportunities that support their intellectual, social, and personal development.
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