Reflection Of Education

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America is in the throes of an all-out paradigm shift in education. Politicians, education leaders, universities and teachers are struggling to define standards and expected outcomes for our children. Educators and school systems are inundated with federally mandated requirements that have been developed to ensure that every child in America is receiving an equitable education. Laws have been passed and policies put in place to ensure a fair education for every child, and these laws dictate that fair means the same education for all whether the individual child’s needs are equivalent or not. The result has been the creation of an atmosphere of high stakes testing in which America’s children have been minimalized and marginalized through standardization. In the book, No Future Without Forgiveness, Tutu talks about …show more content…

This means I should employ self-reflection of my experiences and expectations. I should strive to know myself and my philosophies and why I believe what I do. I feel I am on a continuous journey to discover me, and that sometimes my discoveries uncover discord between my heart, brain and faith, and I need to recognize my students are on a similar journey as well. By developing caring, compassionate, accepting relationships with my students and their families I am opening my heart and mind to new ideas, beliefs and perspectives. It is my desire that I am also serving to open their hearts, minds and beliefs. Aristotle said, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” (Aristotle, 2015) Therefore, I passionately believe that the paramount paradigm when considering multicultural education and diversity is the idea that multicultural education is connecting with people through their hearts and minds. As Steve Wariner so simply puts it in the lyrics of the song, In My Heart

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