Personal Education Philosophy Statement Paper
Running head: PERSONAL EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT
Personal Education Philosophy Statement
Benny L. Calloway
University of Phoenix
Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction
CUR558
Dr. Steve Deutsch
October 15, 2008
Personal Education Philosophy Statement
Today’s diverse philosophical world is a microcosm of today’s diverse-student population. These means that our beliefs, our philosophies, even our values may affect many aspects of our lives. Those aspects of our lives may include religion, life style, politics, and education. In other words, so many people have a philosophy or belief about ones religion, ones life style, ones politics, and ones education. There are so many diverse philosophical differences in this vast …show more content…
As I think about the philosophical influences that several of my professors left with me, I can now appreciate the diversity of their educational philosophies based on the results of my philosophy preference assessment.
Let it be known that I have always felt like I would be an instructor who was student-centered, non- traditional, flexible, creative, able to promote problem-solving real world scenarios. With influences from my early childhood educational experiences, high school and college educational experiences I can better relate and understand the results of my philosophy preference assessment.
As a teacher, I know that it is highly important that I know and understand my own values and beliefs about education. I also now know that it is important for me to be able to share my educational philosophy with other educators even though their educational philosophy might be different. Although my scores are not really indicative of any graph patterns seen in the philosophy preference assessment example, my scores were the highest in the following educational philosophies: Experimentalist – 5.4 / Realist – 4.8 1. Perennialist – 4.4 2. Idealist - 4.4 3. Realist - …show more content…
This is reflected in the many curriculum trends and changes that we as educators are confronted with in today’s schools. My realist philosophy comes into play on a daily basis. Teaching a diverse-student population is the reality of today’s educator. This means that my instructional design must be developed in such a way that meet the academic needs of this diverse-student population with multiple learning styles.
In my teaching environment, which is Biology, students are required to use high-order cognitive skills. This means that the problem-solving teaching methods are integrated with an inquiry-based format .In order to serve the academic needs of students who have a more visual learning style, I include computer –based science activities in my special labs.
As an experimentalist, inquiry-based instruction is paramount for my biology students. This is the ideal learning situation for teaching the true meaning of the scientific method. The scientific methods consist of the following: who, what, when, where, why, and how? My students learn that science is more than just knowing or memorizing facts. Also, my students are actively engaged inquiry-based laboratory exercises that include plant and animal dissection, microscopic slide preparation,
Personal Education Philosophy Statement
Benny L. Calloway
University of Phoenix
Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction
CUR558
Dr. Steve Deutsch
October 15, 2008
Personal Education Philosophy Statement
Today’s diverse philosophical world is a microcosm of today’s diverse-student population. These means that our beliefs, our philosophies, even our values may affect many aspects of our lives. Those aspects of our lives may include religion, life style, politics, and education. In other words, so many people have a philosophy or belief about ones religion, ones life style, ones politics, and ones education. There are so many diverse philosophical differences in this vast …show more content…
As I think about the philosophical influences that several of my professors left with me, I can now appreciate the diversity of their educational philosophies based on the results of my philosophy preference assessment.
Let it be known that I have always felt like I would be an instructor who was student-centered, non- traditional, flexible, creative, able to promote problem-solving real world scenarios. With influences from my early childhood educational experiences, high school and college educational experiences I can better relate and understand the results of my philosophy preference assessment.
As a teacher, I know that it is highly important that I know and understand my own values and beliefs about education. I also now know that it is important for me to be able to share my educational philosophy with other educators even though their educational philosophy might be different. Although my scores are not really indicative of any graph patterns seen in the philosophy preference assessment example, my scores were the highest in the following educational philosophies: Experimentalist – 5.4 / Realist – 4.8 1. Perennialist – 4.4 2. Idealist - 4.4 3. Realist - …show more content…
This is reflected in the many curriculum trends and changes that we as educators are confronted with in today’s schools. My realist philosophy comes into play on a daily basis. Teaching a diverse-student population is the reality of today’s educator. This means that my instructional design must be developed in such a way that meet the academic needs of this diverse-student population with multiple learning styles.
In my teaching environment, which is Biology, students are required to use high-order cognitive skills. This means that the problem-solving teaching methods are integrated with an inquiry-based format .In order to serve the academic needs of students who have a more visual learning style, I include computer –based science activities in my special labs.
As an experimentalist, inquiry-based instruction is paramount for my biology students. This is the ideal learning situation for teaching the true meaning of the scientific method. The scientific methods consist of the following: who, what, when, where, why, and how? My students learn that science is more than just knowing or memorizing facts. Also, my students are actively engaged inquiry-based laboratory exercises that include plant and animal dissection, microscopic slide preparation,