Personal Philosophy of Education

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Personal Philosophy of Education Abigail March College of Education: Grand Canyon University ECE – 120: Early Childhood Foundations and the Teaching Profession Delfranece Eppinger March 5 th , 2023

Regarding education, every teacher has their own personal philosophy on how they are going to teach their students. In conjunction with a personal philosophy comes the teachers individual teaching style. My own personal teaching philosophy states that every child should be provided the opportunity to learn in an environment that provides them with the opportunities to learn and grow socially, emotionally, physically, and mentally. I personally will provide these specific learning opportunities in multiple different ways to accommodate all my students' different learning styles. Technology is something that will be used in my classroom daily, and it will be used in a way that provides the students with the opportunity to get super comfortable with it and be able to use it outside the classroom as well. My main mission and philosophy will be to guide and mold my students into the best possible version of themselves. In doing so they will eventually become upstanding citizens, being the best, they can possibly be not only in the classroom but in their families and the greater community as well. So, in the end all my students with be impeccable examples inside the classroom because as we all know the world is full of amazing and wonderful people and because of that everyone should be made to feel welcome and like they belong. So, because of all of this it is my desire and dream to create an inclusive environment where students feel like they have the opportunity to thrive and meet their full potential. Students learn best through experiences and the outcomes of those experiences will be noticed drastically through the work that the students are producing. Along with that it will also be noticed in the student's ability to adapt to different techniques and learning styles that I am using inside the classroom. Semi-structured schedules in my opinion are how students are going to get the most out of their learning. Having a set amount of time where they are learning and gathering information from their peers and classmates while also having a set amount of time

that is highly structured and they are learning from me and the lesson plans that I created. Vygotsky’s theory of child development states that I as a teacher need to carve out time where my students are learning sole from me, but I also need to carve out time for when my students are learning things from their more skilled peers. Which could either be through social actions or play. In doing so they will end up becoming masters at language skills, problem solving, and developing and maturing their own thoughts and feelings. This theory is something that I strongly believe in and is something that I am really interested in finding different ways to implement in my classroom. Different types of hands-on experiences are how students are going to learn the best. So, because of that I am going to implement multiple different types of hands-on experiences inside my classroom. The children will be able to move around freely and explore lots of different things. Social interactions with peers are also a super significant part of a child's development and because of that I am going to set up my classroom in a super specific way that allows for my students to have the opportunity to investigate and experience a significant amount of trial and error and messiness which in my opinion is how my students are going to learn the most. Technology is becoming a significantly important aspect in society and because of that I am going to create an agreement within my classroom that allows my students to have the opportunity to use either iPads, computers, or any other electronic device in a safe and appropriate manner. Technology can be used as an additional resource or material inside the classroom in conjunction with multiple different educational resources and websites like National Geography, PBS Kids or IXL. Inside my classroom technological use would be limited to an hour or less a day, that way it doesn’t consume my student's entire educational experience. Though when it is used it would provide students with the opportunity to gain confidence in their

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