Social reconstructionism focuses on which outcome of education?

• A. Creating a new social order and society
• B. Preserving traditional cultural beliefs
• C. Mastery of classical canon
• D. Individual self-fulfillment without social change

Answer: (A)

Social reconstructionism centers education on actively shaping and reforming society to address its problems. It treats schooling as a tool to transform political, economic, and cultural structures so that the community becomes more just and democratic. Because of that focus, the goal is to create a new social order and society through informed, engaged citizens who work to solve real-world issues. The other ideas—preserving traditional beliefs, mastering a classical canon, or pursuing personal fulfillment without social change—fit less with this activist, reform-oriented view of education.