Editing Educational essentialism (section)

==Criticism of essentialism==

Because Essentialism is largely teacher-centered, the role of the [[student]] is often called into question. Presumably, in an essentialist classroom, the teacher is the one designing the curriculum for the students based upon the core disciplines. Moreover, he or she is enacting the curriculum and setting the standards which the students must meet. The teacher's evaluative role may undermine students' interest in study.<ref>{{cite journal|url= https://marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/files/?whdmsaction=public:main.file&fileID=8113 | title = Natural Learning in Higher Education| author = J. Scott Armstrong | journal = Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning | year = 2012}}</ref> As a result, the students begin to take on more of a passive role in their education as they are forced to meet and learn such standards and information.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|title=Philosophies of Western Education|last=Howick|first=William H.|year=1971|page=53}}</ref>

Furthermore, there is also speculation that an essentialist education helps in promoting the [[cultural lag]].<ref name=":0" /> This philosophy of education is very traditional in the mindset of passing on the knowledge of the culture via the academic disciplines. Thus, students are forced to think in the mindset of the larger [[culture]], and individual [[creativity]], and subversive investigation are often not emphasized, or even outright discouraged.