Reconstructionist educators believe schools should be active agents of what?

• A. Maintaining the status quo
• B. Preserving traditional values
• C. Active agents of social change
• D. Focusing on academic content

Answer: (C)

Reconstructionist education treats schools as tools to shape society, not just to transmit facts. It emphasizes using learning to analyze social problems, promote equity, and prepare students to participate in democracy and social reform. That means schools should actively work to bring about change, helping students understand injustices and take action to improve their communities. The other options—keeping things as they are, preserving traditional values, or focusing only on academics—don’t align with this view, since they emphasize maintenance, tradition, or narrow content rather than using education as a catalyst for social progress.