The smooth ink reaches the paper as it swirls around to form a word, letter, or sentence. The tone of the pages of the books turning vigorous like waves of a vast sea. The noise of the keyboard on the computers in class almost sound like raindrops falling from the clouds going BOOM...BOOM. The instructors are spoon feeding wisdom in students brain as they feast on it up in a matter of moments. The light bulb in the student's intellectual is going TING...TING, as it comes up with a unique concept
Philosophy is defined as one’s own personal beliefs and values. Philosophy in its technical sense might best be thought of in three aspects: an activity, a set of attitudes, and a body of content (Knight, 2006). Within this paper one can find my personal philosophy on educational assessments. When working with students in the learning environment, it becomes the responsibility of the educator to transmit information to pupils, then check for understanding. As part of the checking process, this entails
a community and that is important in a classroom. Developing a community is important because the students can learn new things about people and be more open to diversity. When thinking about how I want my future class to be, I realized that my philosophy listed above is a mixture of many different theorists. I took little bits and pieces of each and put them into what I want my class to look like and function
Throughout my academic journey, I have been blessed with the influence phenomenal educators - perhaps the most powerful being my dance teacher of 9 years, Mrs. Gooden. With unparalleled determination and limitless passion, she pushed my insecure, anxious self to reach my greatest potential physically, emotionally, academically, and socially. It was in the dance studio that I made the majority of my progress in conquering my eating disorder, my emotional depression, and my anxiety; I know I am not
Throughout my career as an educator, I intend to motivate my student to make their learning experience an enjoyable one. I propose to intrinsically motivate my students over challenging yet supportive tasks and instructions. I aim to utilize supportive and preventive strategies when it comes to dealing with students’ behavior. I expected to achieve this goal by creating a learning environment that is harmless, comfortable, and conducive to learning. If the students do not feel safe in the classroom
Having a measurable assessment is crucial to assessing your students' performance (as discussed in prior courses). However, knowing the need of the assessment will establish its importance in your class and will be a constant reminder to you and your students on why you give assessments and why they are important to your students. My desire to become a school counselor is part of what has driven me to become a teacher. As a teacher, and eventually a counselor, I want to instill hope in children
I believe that education allows every student to learn, grow, and prepare for the world that awaits them. Through education, students learn how to read, write and count. Not only does education provide that, but it also gives students communication skills, how to work with one another and most importantly, teaches them to love learning. These qualities play a big role in student’s futures and lives. What I will do to help my students is create a classroom environment where they feel safe, but most
I believe that all students have the right to a great education and it is the responsibility of the teacher, parents and students to make sure that it happens. This is best accomplished when students feel that they are safe and their ideas are valued. It is my goal to create an environment where each student feels capable of expressing their thoughts and feelings without judgement. I also want to nurture the growth of new perspectives and outlooks. To accomplish these goals a group effort is needed
Four Major Educational Philosophies, gave an excellent overview of the major philosophies. It shows that each educational philosophy has a philosophical base, aim of education, a role for the educator, and a curriculum focus. Reconstructionism is aimed to improve society; the focus is that the student will become focused on all of society’s problems (p.1). Progressivism is used to help students learn through methods of problem solving and scientific inquiry, the roots of this philosophy are grounded
believe that all students are capable of learning and that it is the role of the teacher to ensure that each student, no matter their academic level, succeeds in the classroom environment. To achieve this goal, each student must be presented an educational environment where they are able to grow mentally, socially, and emotionally. Because each student is unique, I will assist each in developing their own learning styles. As a future elementary level educator, I believe that there are four essential
education, and hundreds of hours of professional development training over my career, it is easy to label me a lifelong learner. However, it is also quite valid to point out that I have spent the majority of my life helping—and leading—others in educational environments and learning situations. When I began teaching full-time, I had already completed more than 10 seasons of collegiate and high school coaching. I had also taught Speech and Human Communication at one of the universities where I coached
an educator the line between student and something else requires vigilant observance. Despite our emotions about a student, it is crucial to make decisions based on what is best for kids. Subsequently, from my experience the essence of my educational philosophy is based on willingness. Without willingness to accept change, forgive, and fail my days as an educator likely ended during George W. Bush
Every classroom has a distinct personality. This personality is composed of various beliefs, ideas, strategies and philosophies. While countless teaching philosophies have proven to be successful in the classroom, I believe a student-centered philosophy ensures a healthy and positive learning environment. When learners walk into my classroom, I want them to feel like they are entering a safe, creative, organized and exciting space. Students will be encompassed by vivid colors, vast displays of their
This can occur through open sharing of ideas in the classroom and a judicious approach to discipline. One important part of my educational philosophy is classroom management. Discipline through teacher to student encouraged self-control, class rules, routines, and school directed procedures; this will set a good foundation for students that will lead to higher student achievement in my
my desire as an educator to help students meet their fullest potential by providing an environment that is safe, supports risk-taking, and invites the sharing of ideas. My educational philosophy is derived from studies on Emotional Intelligence (Salovey & Mayer), locus of control (Rotter), growth mindset (Dweck) and Educational Essentialism (Hirsch). Emotionally… I have learned that a student’s mindset is at the foundation of whether they enjoy learning and persisting through challenging content
beneficial. They should have short-term, medium-term, and long terms goals. They should dream and aspire to become and do the best they can be. The educational philosophy that fits my beliefs is the progressive movement. I feel that students should participate in hands-on projects, expeditionary learning, and experiential learning. This philosophy best fits me, because I feel that students work better in groups and learning the materials they would need to be successful
during my educational pathway as a child, notwithstanding, adulthood. Mainly, due to the fact that I have a learning disability. Markedly, I am dyslexic but failed to receive the appropriate support or guidance. Nevertheless, I wanted to give up at times until I came across this nurse, mentor, educator, and role model. To clarify, I struggled with math, course content, and critical thinking. In addition, this educator also possessed a background in
and our in-class discussions, the Enlightenment was a movement that helped to bring the western world out of the Dark Ages and greatly influenced the people initiating change in America. During this period of time, aspects of life, science, and philosophies of all sorts, were moving towards a direction of reason, as opposed to faith. Educated men were researching, studying, and discussing with other men about their findings and ideas. People were on-fire for knowledge. They were no longer “accepting”
hope to be able to inspire many lives and help young people understand what education can do for them and their future and for this reason I entered the field of education. My personal traits, attitudes, values, and past experiences influence my philosophy and performance. Moreover, changes throughout my career have refined my future goals and enlightened the manner in which I aspire to grow
My teaching philosophy as evolved over many years of experience. My beliefs regarding teaching and learning include student engagement, a strong foundation on building community and life long learning and student leadership. To achieve this I use a variety of strategies based on essential educational principles including learning theory, lesson planning and assessment and diversity issues. When planning for lessons I take all of these strategies into consideration. The instructional approach