My Personal Philosophy of Education Essay

TEACHER ROLES: I believe that the teacher of elementary students has many roles. I will sometimes be a facilitator-guide, sometimes a supportive, nurturing mother-like figure, and sometimes a sage who imparts knowledge. I will encourage my students to become more self-aware and self-managing. I believe that elementary school teachers must focus significant classroom time on the acquisition of social and community skills such as mutual respect, cooperation, friendship-building skills, and kindness.

My life has been influenced greatly by teachers. Since I was a child, teaching is all I wanted to do. My mother is a fifth grade teacher. I have quite a few friends that are teachers. I have been fortunate to be influenced by some great teachers throughout my academic career. I love to be around kids and I like participating in the process of learning. I appreciate learning even today. I enjoy the learning process and hope to one day influence students in the future. I hope to one day become a high school social studies teacher. I enjoy history and geography, and I especially love politics and discussing current events. I like class discussions and letting different opinions express themselves.

I have known my entire life that I would one day be a teacher. I have always been a leader. I have always felt as if I should be the boss, the one in control. Just ask my parents. Then once I got the opportunity to counsel summer camps and be the volunteer assistant coach for a basketball team. I knew my hear and my dedication was with children. So I am pursuing an education profession. I will be a teacher.

I am choosing the field of education to teach and to enjoy what I do for a living, and to get what I feel will be the best from life and a career. Working with children and teenagers is something I get great satisfaction from.

My purpose of getting any education was to learn all that I can learn and to be a productive citizen in today's society. My purpose of getting an education and pursuing a degree in elementary education is to have an impact on many students' futures, change students' lives, and to help students to believe in themselves. I will do this by believing in my students and pushing them to achieve their goals. As a teacher, I understand that politics and geographic zones have a big influence on what schools are supplied with, and they can have an impact on the education that a student gets. As a teacher, I will not let these things get in the way of providing my students with a quality education, and I will not let these things hinder what my students learn.

Early in high school, I had the mindset that I wanted a career in which I could change the world, make a difference in someone else’s life, and help people. This is why I chose to become a teacher. When I was in elementary school, my teachers were my biggest role models besides my parents. I looked up to my teachers so much and still remember and visit my favorite elementary teachers. As a teacher, I want to be that person that students can trust and look up to. To me, teaching isn’t just a job, it is a chance to brighten someone’s day, and an opportunity to listen to what our youth is telling us when no seems to care or to listen to them.

Relating my reasons for becoming a teacher was not a very difficult task for me; to accomplish this task I simply needed to reflect upon and describe some of my own personal experiences. I relied basically upon my memories and thoughts about my own educational experiences. However, describing my philosophy of education was much more difficult task for me to accomplish. First of all, before I could properly describe my philosophy, I realized I needed a working definition of the concept of philosophy. My search for this working definition of the term philosophy led to further research which provided further insight into viewpoints of various well-known philosophers; some of whom we discussed in

teaching and learning. Many children in the world today are getting some kind of education. Whether it is at home or in a classroom, education is everywhere. Many of the teachers today have a philosopher that they use as a reference to their everyday teaching or use some of their methods to teach their students. In this paper I'm going to express my meaning of education and the different aspects that each and every teacher should follow. I'm going to start with nature of students than follow into with these topics: nature of knowledge, purpose of education, why it is important, things I want to accomplish as a teacher,

I have come to believe over the past year as a Professional Development School intern that one method or one teaching style limits the ability of the teacher and the students to learn effectively in the classroom. I believe that learning is a fluid activity and therefore changes constantly within the classroom community. I believe that we all are constructs of our past experiences and that these experiences influence the way we perform in our lives. The education of students cannot be dependent on a particular style of teaching or learning because we are all different. Students are diverse learners and process learning in a variety of different ways. Reaching these students with one learning style, I

As a young child I always looked forward to family gatherings. I was one of twenty grandchildren on my dad's side of the family, and one in seven on my mom's side, so there were always lots of children around. But it wasn't the children in my own age group or older that I wanted to be around, it was the babies and one's younger than myself that I wanted to spend time with. I decided in middle school, that I would be a teacher. I feel that I can understand children and their needs and have the patience and desire needed to teach.

As a teacher I hope to accomplish many things. I hope to have my students go on and remember me for years. I hope to remember my students for years as well and the lessons they teach me. I want my students to want to learn mathematics and be good at. I know my students will come in and know that I am in charge, but their opinions and thoughts do matter. I wish that when my students finish my course for the year that they know the material that I have gone over and that they want to learn more math. There are so many students that I hear that hate math, I want to change that. I want all of my students to love math and want to learn it. This might sound like high standards, but I am going to make it happen. Overall, even if my students don’t make straight A’s or even B’s, if they are struggling I want to be able to teach them so that the do pass. Another note is that they accomplish more and do better in math than they have ever done.

Back when I was in high school, a student from the lower batch came to me asking what a teacher is. “A teacher is someone who teaches.” I answered. “That’s it? That’s your definition? Well, never mind.” The girl said. And then, I was like, what? Why would she ask me such a question? It really bothered me the whole day. Then, I thought to myself, “Well, a teacher could be anything or anyone as long as that thing or that person contributes to our knowledge.” That’s the time I realized that a teacher is not simply a teacher. There’s more to it than a dictionary meaning. An educator is not merely a person who takes a course reading and reads texts from there to a student. A teacher can be a parent, an experience or simply a teacher or professor.

Growing up the last thing I would expect to want to be was a teacher. I never really had a specific job choice in mind because I dabbled in different areas. I wanted to be a dancer,singer, chef to a doctor or nurse. No matter what career I thought about I knew that I wanted to help people. It was not until my late high school years that I was blessed to have a teacher that inspired me. I started the year off wanted to be a nurse and ended it wanting to be a teacher. I would come in every morning eager to learn, maybe it was because of his enthusiasm to teach or just because he enjoyed teaching others about his passion. I picked up a lot of teaching habits from him as well. I realized along the way that you must pick a job that makes you happy and allows you to wake up and be energized to start the day. I believe that teaching is the right pick for me and I feel that it is my calling. My goal in life is to be able to help as many people as I can. Seeing others receive the help they need brings joy to my heart. Everyone deserves the chance to succeed, they may need a little push but in the end they will break through.

When looking at careers throughout my high school years, never once did I see myself becoming a teacher. I never thought I would want to stand in front of children and teach them. When I first started college, I thought that I wanted to become a nurse. After starting nursing school, I realize I did not like it as much as I hoped. I was lost and confused, and had no idea what I wanted to be or do with my future. After talking to my family and friends, they suggested that I tried education. They all said that I was excellent with children, I was caring, and I was good at helping people.

In the elementary grades, students are often asked, “What would you like to be when you grow up?” I can remember a time in fourth grade when most of my classmates had responses like astronaut, rapper, and professional athlete, but our teacher asked, “What career could you choose that would make a difference?” Most answers revolved around doctor, nurse, lawyer, and president, but I raised my hand and responded with teacher. My teacher gave me a look that made me feel that I was in trouble. She then asked me to explain why I said teacher and I told her that I had really good teachers that made me realize that there are individuals that have to educate the doctors, lawyers, and professional athletes and I wanted to be able to be one of those teachers because I would be able to make a difference. She told me that I was headed in the right direction and from then on I knew I was destined to be a teacher.