Philosophy of Education
My philosophy of education is almost wholly derived from my own experiences as a student. I have always had a love of learning, but have not exactly felt the same way about school, in part because I was bored with the classes and material. My teaching methods and views of learning reflect the idea I have of how I would have liked my teachers to teach.
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My interest in teaching stems from my belief that teachers can have an incredible amount of influence over the life of their students, and with this privilege comes a great deal of responsibility to the student. Knowing this, it seems like a no-brainer to me that a teacher, just because of the enormous amount of time a student spends in school, should be expected not only to teach, but also to help shape the student taking into account his or her individual needs. The teacher should be expected and trained to do this because it is inevitable anyway—considering the amount of time a teacher spends with students, they will be influenced one way or another by her attitude toward them and toward education. I believe that knowledge is relative and that reinforcing the feeling of acceptance of individuality is of paramount importance to a student’s academic success and emotional well-being. Existentialism appeals to me because of its emphasis on individuality rather than imitation and learning that engages emotional as well as intellectual faculties. I like the existentialist role of the teacher as a presenter of possibilities and the amount of individual contact the teacher has with each student. However, I do not agree that math and natural sciences should be de-emphasized—many students ...
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...edge and feel more confident when entering my own classroom. I also plan to further my education through graduate studies after I graduate with my bachelor’s degree. I will also take advantage of continuing education opportunities. As for professional groups, I am not sure which of them I would like to join, as I have heard both good and bad aspects of them from my professors as well as the teachers with whom I have observed.
My educational philosophy includes aspects of existentialism and progressivism. It has not changed much from the original philosophy statement that I wrote. I still believe in the student-centered philosophies because I realize that teachers need to recognize students as individuals in order for them to accept their own individual differences and be confident enough to trust themselves in the process of constructing knowledge.
In our time of uncertainty one of the most stable institutions is the school system for children. Thus, being a teacher and providing the most stable atmosphere along with providing the children with an education must be handled delicately. I believe a mixture of essentialism, progressivism, perennialism, behaviorism, and social reconstrctonism is essential in achieving those goals.
The nation is suffering from a new epidemic from a program that had good intentions. The obesity rate for children has distantly increased over the past years and is continuing to grow. In the past thirty years, obesity has more than doubled in children and has tripled in young adults. This problem has both immediate and long-term effects in health and well-being in children and adolescents. The ...
My Educational philosophy is defined in becoming a teacher as a set of ideas and beliefs about education that guide the professional behavior of educators. Also included in educational philosophy are one’s beliefs about teaching and learning, students, knowledge and what is worth knowing. My five general purposes for philosophy of education are: to set goals of plan, to teach useful and relevant information, be aware of students learning styles, modeling positive cooperative behavior, to look for solutions and to make sure those solutions are working.
Othello, although first playing the role of a noble man who was in love actually turned out to be a spiteful foolish murderer. Even when breathing through his last words, he could not find it within himself to recall the great memories with his wife or even apologize for his wrong doing of killing her. This so called noble moor did not take responsibility for his actions as he tiptoed around the truth trying to manipulate the situation. Othello, in his final words, attempts to save his own reputation rather than express his remorse and repent for killing his wife Desdemona.
How are we to interpret Job 42? One thing is for certain; this is not boilerplate material. In fact, every
The United States needs to do something to change the amount of childhood obesity in the nation. If the government requires children to take classes that require physical activity, abolishes school vending machines, and teaches children about healthy eating, then the amount of children that are obese in the United States will decrease significantly. Obesity is defined as the increase of body fat over time to the point where it can impact health in a negative manner and decrease life expectancy. Since the 1980’s, obesity has increased dramatically in the United States. Children have been greatly impacted in the increase of obesity. This is a major problem as someday these obese children could possibly turn into obese adults. If the population of obese adults and children keeps increasing, than not only will our country have a lot of severely unhealthy people but the cost of health care will increase dramatically.
The fault of Job and his friends lies in the attempt to explain the nature of God, with limited information available to human knowledge. The three comforters embody an abundance of substantial ideas, as the voices of mankind trying to deduce the root of suffering or perhaps even as part of the test themselves. Faced with the choice of condemning Job, or God, they hardened their hearts against their friend. God declines to adduce a rational explanation for the inequitable distribution of blessings among men and suggests that people should not discuss Divine Justice as God's power is so great that humans cannot possibly justify his ways. (fit this in somewhere in here “ However, they proved to play a larger part in the story, almost functioning
His power and righteousness claim victory over our every flaw and imperfection. The Gospel God gave us doesn’t ask us to be perfect, but asks us to live as His children. It calls us to identify with the victory of Jesus Christ rather than the defeat of our sins. Though He recognizes our sinfulness, our Heavenly Father does not bind us to it. By the cross and the empty grave, He gives us a new identity found in Him.
As Alice’s journey following the White Rabbit continues, she found her standing in his home. When Alice saw the strange drinks and cookies on the table, her desire to grow got the best of her and she began to taste them. Alice began to change size after drinking the mysterious liquid, “…she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head pressing against the ceiling and had to stoop to save her neck from being broken” (Carroll 44). This event relates to the theme of Alice growing up. Alice being small when entering the house symbolizes her being a child. Her yearning to become bigger is representative of her want to grow up and become an adult. Although, after drinking the bottle Alice becomes unsure if she really wanted to grow. The transitioning between sizes shows how Alice is torn between wanting to stay a child and wanting to become an
By encouraging group work, instead of solo work that will lead to competitions, the students will be more open minded and will be better prepared for the diverse world. A branch of progressivism is logic and it is one that the students will come to know by the progressive ideal that what is learned in the classroom has relevance to the real world. Progressivists believe that education should mirror life. Education often uses past experiences to gain more knowledge, much like life. Therefore, education should be taught as life....
Of all the philosophies that I have been taught and researched in my Education classes, I feel that I will probably use Essentialism, the most dominant and widely accepted philosophy currently in classrooms today. For example, I think that after a lesson is taught each student should have to take a test to evaluate how well they have understood the information, and hopefully, be able to demonstrate to me how well I have taught the information. Mastery of the material should be practiced in the classroom. The student may not go any further in a lesson until the proposed idea has been taught and mastered.
I can not narrow down my educational philosophy to one area. I have studied the teacher-centered philosophies and I would consider myself somewhat eclectic, having a mixture of progressivism and essentialism.
To be a teacher it is imperative to have philosophies on teaching; why you want to teach, how you want to teach, and what you want to teach. There are six main philosophies of education; essentialism, behaviorism, progressivism, existentialism, perennialism, and reconstructionism. My two strongest philosophies are progressivism and existentialism. Progressivism in short is the philosophy where the student utilizes their ability to access knowledge for themselves with a method they have discovered on their own instead of simply being told answers. This creates deeper thinking. Existentialism is the philosophy that the student decides how and what they will learn, they also decide what they think to be true and false. This creates
Being a teacher is an enormous responsibility. We as teachers can either be carriers of positive or negative behaviour towards learners. A good teacher is someone who guides students rather than someone who is a totalitarian in the classroom. We as teachers should also create a warm and protective environment where learners feel free to realise their full potential. Sometimes the teacher’s caring attitudes could have a positive influence on the learners. Their self-esteem can be lifted because it could create ambitions in their minds for future academic success. Teachers should be open minded person and respect the learner’s diversity and give a caring attitude towards learners. According to Abraham Maslow, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-actualization on 31 March 2014] the basic needs of humans should be met, before a ...
At the beginning of the story Alice is a little girl who is very curious, but also quite scared of being alone. First of all, she has an inquiring mind that brings her down the rabbit hole and, even if her way of thinking could remind the adult kind of thoughts, she still acts like a child. A clear example of this kind of behavior is when she finds a bottle with the words “DRINK ME” labeled on. Before drinking f...