TRADITIONAL

school
VS.
DEMOCRATIC
SCHOOL
BY: MARIECON JOYCE C. QUINO
 WHAT IS
TRADITIONAL
SCHOOL?
 Traditional schools is a teacher-centered delivery of
instruction to students with a focus on having students
master academic core subjects, including math, reading,
writing, science, and social studies. They’re public schools,
divided into grades and governed by school districts. These
schools are where the majority of children get their primary
and secondary education.
ex.
(A majority of schools in the U.S. fall into this category)
 How is it taught in traditional
school?
Traditional methods of teaching are a thing of the past in which
teachers are the controller of the class where they teach and take the
complete responsibility of the learning environment. All the duties
and powers are vested in the teacher and they, being the lecturer in
the class, play the role of an instructor for the students and also the
decision maker for taking the decision of what to teach and how to
teach. Teachers are the main source of knowledge to teach students
and impart knowledge. However, for time being the methods of
teaching have been changed but the main objective remains the same
i.e, teaching.
 Democratic
philosophy of
education
 Democratic education infuses the
learning process. It is an educational
ideal in which democracy is both a goal
and a method of instruction. It brings
democratic values to education and can
include self-determination within a
community of equals. The purpose of
education in a democratic society is to
instill the values of cooperation, respect,
fairness and justice into the hearts of our
 Freedom
Freedom for All
The concepts of choice and control
are at the heart of democratic
education. Choice, the ability to
have autonomy in the direction of
one's own educational path, and
control, the ability to decide how
to approach major educational
needs, are the two main principles
of democratic education.
Student-centered
 Student-centered learning refers to a wide
variety of educational programs, learning
experiences, instructional approaches, and
academic-support strategies that are intended
to address the distinct learning needs,
interests, aspirations, or cultural backgrounds
of individual students and groups of students.
It sees young learners not as passive
recipients of knowledge, but rather as active
co-creators of their own learning.
 The administration
must be flexible,
adaptable and stable
 An institution must
be able to adjust with
changing situations by
fulfilling the developing
needs and by improving its
day-to-day dealings with
persons or agencies
involved. This characteristic
GOAL: to change, to develop and
to improve In the process of
achieving its educational
objectives, it has to deal
differently with different human
beings like teachers, parents and
the public at large, who are
affected in one way or other by
 The educational institution
Flexible education systems
however must be able to achieve
enable learners to move
adaptability without creating any
within and across education,
dislocation or disruption in its
training and employment.
process and achievements. This
Flexibility means that
property is named as stability.
young people can adapt
Promote educational stability for
their learning pathway as
children in foster care so they can
they go along, to suit their
continue their education without
interests and abilities.
disruption, maintain important
 An institution must have these
characteristics in order to be able to
achieve its objectives adequately and to
give due regard to all persons concerned
in some way or other, especially in
learning and educational process.
How Democratic
Schools Operate
 A democratic school, as the term is used on
this site, is a school where students are
trusted to take responsibility for their own
lives and learning, and for the school
community. At such a school, students
choose their own activities and associate
with whom they please. If courses are
offered, students are always free to take them
or not. Most such schools accept students
across a wide range of ages (commonly age
four through the late teens) and do not
segregate students by age, so that students
can learn from interacting with others who
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Goals Of
This Class
 Traditional schools generally
stress basic educational
practices and expect mastery
of academic learning in the
core subjects of math, reading,
writing, science and social
studies. Public schools
generally follow this
educational model, although
charter schools can offer a
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