Philosophy Assessment

After reading the chapter and taking the Philosophy Assessment test, I have come to the conclusion that I am both a pragmatists and a realist. This is how I had described myself after reading the chapter, and after taking the test, I had scored a 6.4 on both of them as well as existentialism. I really had no doubt in my mind that I was a pragmatist once I had finished the reading in terms of education, but I struggled to choose between the two because of my religion. After taking the test it made me feel good knowing that I had struggled to pick between the two, and now I could settle for both of them.
I believe that I am a pragmatist mostly because of the education I have had while in college. I used to hate change, and had the same routine for eighteen years. Since college, I have learned that everything changes, and you always have to be willing to adapt. I believe in creating values through experimenting and learning through those experiences so you can make your own sense of the world. I believe that the best way to motivate students is to teach them by relating the material through their own interests, and experiences as well as learning through several different methods with a wide variety of activities. The job of teachers is to help guide the students in their learning, but it is more important for the students to discover who they are by what they value and learn. The students should use the teacher as a guide and resource, allowing them to reach standards and objectives by their own terms. Students should also be allowed to work in groups and set their own rules and goals on how to reach the standards and objectives.
Idealism is part of me because I believe that if an individual really wants to do something, than they can do it as long as they work hard and have the right mind set. I believe that school is a starting point for students to find out who they are and what they want to be. Though I believe in change and adaptation, I also believe that there are some things that are concrete, and have remained the same over time. Students should appreciate these ideas, and understand how it affects their lives today. Teachers should use material to help the students come to conclusions based on their own experiences and teachers are responsible for finding ways to motivate students to become familiar with the topic.
After reviewing the answers to the questions on the test, I realized why I scored so high on the extrinsic section. Because I had to either give a 1 or 5, the questions were about the students, and focused only on there development, which I am obviously not going to put a 1. I do like that extrinsic allows the students to learn from their own actions and experience, but I feel that it is to loose of an atmosphere and not enough guidance. I did not value any other parts of extrinsic as well as realists.