Philosophy: Education and Children
Beliefs about teaching and learning
Being an educator means that you are someone who cares and wants to see children be successful in your class and in their futures. The reason I want to become an educator is to make a difference in a child's life. I have worked with children for over seven years and everyday I spend with a child I learn someone new, about them and about myself. I want to give back to the community in which I was raised. I want to show them that they have helped make me become what I am today. A teacher can make a difference in a child's life to the good or bad if they went into the field for the wrong reason. I want to be remembered for the one who helped and made a difference a child?s life and also as good role model.
Beliefs about students
We are there to teach but, each day in a classroom we help the children get ready for the future. We are helping them realize what they want to become and even what they do not want. We have control of the children that are in our class and we have to decide if we are going to be role models or just someone who pushes them to the next teacher to deal with. I want to be a role model and encourage children to do their best and do their all because what they do today will play a part on their future.
Beliefs about knowledge
Some teachers believe that only certain kinds of knowledge are valid.. For example, teachers who believe authority figures (e.g., teachers, doctors, scientists) are the only real sources of knowledge may adopt a more behaviorist perspective about learning. They are also likely to enact transmissionist instructional techniques, such as direct instruction, founded on the notions that teachers know and students learn when teachers give them knowledge. emphasize students' contribution to the learning process. Furthermore, these teachers tend to believe that teachers and students know and learn together and that learning happens best through dialogue and shared interaction.
Being an educator means that you are someone who cares and wants to see children be successful in your class and in their futures. The reason I want to become an educator is to make a difference in a child's life. I have worked with children for over seven years and everyday I spend with a child I learn someone new, about them and about myself. I want to give back to the community in which I was raised. I want to show them that they have helped make me become what I am today. A teacher can make a difference in a child's life to the good or bad if they went into the field for the wrong reason. I want to be remembered for the one who helped and made a difference a child?s life and also as good role model.
Beliefs about students
We are there to teach but, each day in a classroom we help the children get ready for the future. We are helping them realize what they want to become and even what they do not want. We have control of the children that are in our class and we have to decide if we are going to be role models or just someone who pushes them to the next teacher to deal with. I want to be a role model and encourage children to do their best and do their all because what they do today will play a part on their future.
Beliefs about knowledge
Some teachers believe that only certain kinds of knowledge are valid.. For example, teachers who believe authority figures (e.g., teachers, doctors, scientists) are the only real sources of knowledge may adopt a more behaviorist perspective about learning. They are also likely to enact transmissionist instructional techniques, such as direct instruction, founded on the notions that teachers know and students learn when teachers give them knowledge. emphasize students' contribution to the learning process. Furthermore, these teachers tend to believe that teachers and students know and learn together and that learning happens best through dialogue and shared interaction.