Educational Philosophy

Justice in schooling is not only a matter for courts and policy makers; it is something students experience every day

Questions of merit and fairness arise every time a school hands out a grade, chooses a team captain, or selects

Treating equity as educational norm means fairness is built into the ordinary way a school runs, not added later as

The relationship between education and equality is one of the oldest questions in the philosophy of schooling. People across generations

Education and democracy have been linked for as long as people have tried to govern themselves, because a system that

The purpose of schooling is one of the oldest questions in education, and the answer a community gives shapes almost

Goal orientation in education refers to the underlying reasons students pursue academic tasks, whether to build real skill or to

Extrinsic motivation limits are the points where grades, prizes, points, and punishments stop helping students learn and start getting in

An intrinsic motivation focus is the belief that schools should cultivate a student’s own desire to learn rather than relying

Discipline philosophy is the set of beliefs a teacher or school holds about why students misbehave, what discipline is for