Educational Goals and Philosophy

Educational Goals and Philosophy

My idea of the perfect teacher is one that gets the right message across to all students. The perfect teacher would show his or her students good morals and ethics, and still yet deliver to the students what is in the text. The teacher would not necessarily have to teach straight from the book, but just getting the message across is the key. That might even involve a field trip or a hands-on activity, as long as students learn the best way. The best way to learn in my classroom will be the fun way. I will try my best to be as close to the perfect teacher that I can be.

I will look at teaching through three of the four philosophical standpoints: idealism, realism, and pragmatism. The most emphasis will be placed on idealism. This is because I want to look at myself as a role model for the children. I also don’t believe in sending students to the office unless it is absolutely necessary. Kids this day in time don’t mind being sent to the office because they don’t want to do the class work anyway. It would only be doing them a favor to send them to the office.

I am about half and half on realism. Some of the realist strategies would be very useful in the classroom but there are some I absolutely don’t agree with. I would really like to incorporate technology into the classroom because it is necessary for all children to master technology in the age we live in today. The rules and regulations will also be posted in the class at the beginning of the school year. However, students will not be grouped according to how good their test scores are.

From pragmatism I will look at the classroom as a community of learners and apply problem-solving techniques. The students will also learn by engaging in activities first-hand, they do this because when the students start to get bored with what they are doing they quit learning.