Philosophy of Education

Philosophy of Education

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

-Albert Einstein

Tell me, and I’ll forget. Show me, and I’ll remember. Involve me, and I’ll learn.

-Marla Jones

The two quotes that I have listed above can in essence describe my feelings on education and teaching. For me teaching is sharing a passion not only for learning, but also for the material you are teaching. My passion happens to be English, and to me that means allowing my students to read something and think about it. (What does it say? How do you feel about it? What does it mean?) Education is not only passing on factual information or simply stating what you as a teacher know, it is supplying the tools and information your students need as they need it, allowing them to make their own decisions and find their way to their own conclusions, not telling them what the end result is. The best way I have learned is from the questions that I answered, the questions that my teachers supplied the means to get to the answer, but allowed and sometimes required me to find the answer myself. This involved me in my own learning process, which made me appreciate what I learned all the more, because I felt like I had achieved it, not because someone told me this is the answer. We learn best through experience. Teaching is about evolving your students and helping them when they need it. Teaching is about encouragement, reassurance, and supplying what your students to need to reach their goals.

Learning is not something you can force, but you can instill a desire to learn. My desire to learn came from the experiences provided by my teachers. It is impossible for a students mind to grow i...

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...d more complex sentence structure. Looking at their writings from beginning to send showed huge improvement and made me feel like I had helped guide them and provide them with information they needed. It was one of the most wonderful experiences I have ever had. I was able to implement things I had learned in my education classes and see them work.

To me education is supplying what is needed to allow your students to grow and think, giving them opportunities that allow their involvement in what they are learning. Teaching is about experience and sharing whit your students your own passion for learning and your content. It is about instilling a desire and knowledge that allows them to reach for their dreams. To me teaching is about guidance, involvement, allowing creative thought, and awakening a passion for learning. As a teacher those are my goals.