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    Reconstructionism aims to use education to promote social reform and change. It believes schools should critically examine culture and identify problems in society. As agents of change, teachers are seen as social engineers who actively engage students in solving real-world issues through classroom discussions of controversial topics. The curriculum emphasizes internationalization and problem-solving to prepare students for a globalized world facing issues like pollution and conflict.

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    Reconstructionism aims to use education to promote social reform and change. It believes schools should critically examine culture and identify problems in society. As agents of change, teachers are seen as social engineers who actively engage students in solving real-world issues through classroom discussions of controversial topics. The curriculum emphasizes internationalization and problem-solving to prepare students for a globalized world facing issues like pollution and conflict.

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    Module 1.

    3- Reconstructionism

    Intended Learning Outcomes

     Discuss the meaning of reconstructionism, its aims of education,


    role of the school, role of the teacher, role of the students, methods
    of education and its curriculum.
     Identify the proponents of reconstructionism.
     Evaluate the relevance of reconstructionism to the present
    educational system of the Philippines
     Give some significant contributions of the school of thought on the
    present situation of the Philippine educational system.
     Critic the strengths and weaknesses of reconstructionism.

    Analysis

    Suppose you were an educational reconstructionist, identify the major


    problems facing Philippine society. Construct an educational agenda, and devise
    a teaching strategy to promote the solution of these problems.

    Abstraction/Generalization

    Reconstructionists were more concerned with social change. They believe


    that schools should originate policies and progress which would bring about
    reform of the social order, and teachers should use their power to lead the young
    in the program of social reform. Reconstructionists agree that educational
    philosophies are culturally based and grow out of a specific cultural pattern
    conditioned by living at a given time in a particular place. They believe that
    culture is dynamic, that man can re-shape his culture so that it promotes
    optimum possibilities for development.
    Reconstructionists say that mankind is in a state of cultural crisis. If
    schools are to reflect their culture, then education will merely transmit social
    ills. As society moves from the agricultural and rural to the technological and
    urban, there is a serious lag in cultural adaptation to the realities of a
    technological society.
    Society has to reconstruct its values, and education has a major role to
    play in bridging the gap between the values of culture and technology. It is the
    school’s task to encourage the critical examination of the cultural heritage and
    find the elements that are to be discarded and those that have to be modified.

    Aims of Education
    Education aims to awaken the students’ consciousness about social
    problems and to actively engage them in problem-solving. Reconctructionists
    believe that there is now a need for international independence. Pollution and
    nuclear wars are not restricted to a single place but are international in scope.

    Role of the School


    Schools should initiate a critical examination of their own culture. The
    schools should identify controversies and inconsistencies and try to solve real
    life problems. The school, therefore, becomes the center of controversy where
    students and teachers emphasize and encourage discussion of controversial
    issues in religion, economics, politics, and education; these discussions are not
    simply intellectual exercises.

    Role of the Teachers


    Teachers are social engineers plotting the course of action to arrive at a
    defined goal.

    Methods of Education
    The reconstructionist generally would seek to internationalize the
    curriculum so that men and women would learn that they live in a global village.
    Classroom methods will be problem-oriented, students are asked to critically
    examine cultural heritage. Teachers as well as students discuss controversial
    issues and they are encouraged to commit themselves and become active in
    social change. Students and teachers participate in a definite program of social,
    educational, political and economic change as a means of total cultural renewal.
    The classroom becomes a laboratory to experiment on school practices which
    will enable man to deal with problems of acute cultural crisis and social
    disintegration.

    Curriculum
    The reconstructionist curriculum should include learning to live in a global
    milieu. As a result of this orientation, reconstructionists propose educational
    policies related to national and international problems as a means of reducing
    world conflict.

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