The essentialism theory of education calls on the traditional aspects of education. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are the main focus points. From those skills learned in elementary schools, the students are told to continue with these skills onto the next level. Essentialism relies heavily on testing and grading to show improvement of the student. Students are supposed to follow the rules closely and the teachers will be making sure of that. Subjects are to be …
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…the students to follow the rules for the class, like in essentialism. But, I would also like the students to have the ability to move around in the classroom. So I would try and limit the amount of rules there are to give the students a greater sense of freedom. I always think it is best to take different aspects of certain philosophies because that way there is always a new way to learn something.