Essay Philosophy of Teaching

Why is there racial tension and political dissension in America? Why did Russia feel its Crimean invasion was justifiable? How did China become an economic power? These questions are answered by a proper understanding of history, helping us to better comprehend the world of 2015. Education’s role needs to be thus: to prepare students as learned individuals and to exist in such an international community. This is why I think history is still incredibly relevant despite focusing on the

History class is not the only issue among students; the nation’s standardized test also leaves Native students behind their peers. Many questions are “Eurocentric and culturally bias” resulting in many students who have grown in a traditional customs unable to answer the questions (Robertson). Many school curricula does not build on the students strength of the student, it is only if the strength and skill is of the dominate culture that it will get attention (Landsman and Lewis 182).

To begin, over the course of this semester, I had the opportunity to conduct my history classroom observations at Sierra Vista High. This high school is a public school located in Baldwin Park and is part of the Baldwin Park Unified School District. Sierra Vista High School has a student population of 1,895 students. The student population consists of 90 percent Hispanic, 6 percent Asian, 3 percent Filipino, and 1 percent white. These demographics were shared by the vice principal of the high school. While I was at Sierra Vista High School, I was given the chance to analyze and observe three history teachers. Thus, in this paper I will discuss and share my experiences observing the

Teachers must learn about their student’s cultures if they want to educate them to the best of their ability. Many of the students in culturally diverse classrooms will want to learn in different ways. Some will want to learn in pairs, groups, as a class, or just alone. If the teacher is educated in their culture then lessons can be adjusted to appeal to every student as much as possible instead of forcing some to forget about their culture and learn like others. Students from

“In light of what we know about how people learn, how shall we best teach?”

The purpose of public education is to enable students to be contributing members of society. Without it, the world would not be as we know it today in a very intelligent and complex society. Education is important in very many ways, probably too many to be listed. But I believe that among all other things that it allows students, by being educated, to live their lives in a way in which they can be successful in whatever they do. By learning about the trials and errors of those who came before us permits students to make well thought out decisions later on in their life. I personally hope to be able to better my students' lives by educating them about the overall curriculum and standards brought about

"History never seems like history when you are living through it." This quote by John W. Gardner accurately depicts the inability of most young people to understand the importance of history. Every decision that is made creates an outcome. Once that outcome occurs, it becomes history. To many, history is seen as simply cluster of sequential events of the past. Rather, it is a record of the emotional and physical hardships generations have gone through to bring us to the present and also affect our future. In order for history to be taught well, it must be understood that the people of the past were more similar to us than we know,

Education is defined as the lifelong process of acquiring knowledge, skills, and values through either formal means, such as schooling, or informal means, such as firsthand experiences or vicarious experiences gained through reading books or discussions. Every person that is or wants to be a teacher has his or her own educational philosophy. We all have our own views, methods, and curriculum that we were taught when growing up. A lot of people may have the same teachers in school, but all of them learn different things from that teacher.

In today’s times learning about the rich culture of various places is crucial. This will give students the opportunity to learn about the rich history these places has to offer. It will allow individuals to broaden their horizon with more knowledge about different places. It will also show students that there are more places and things to see and learn about other than what colleges and universities are restricting students to see and learn about. Also, these classes will expand student minds on how rich their cultures are. It will display what students never knew about their culture. Culturally diverse classes will allow individuals to explore the option of learning more about their rich history and other culture history as well.

This is the introduction to a problem solution project I developed last year, in a group of sophomore peers. “In Norse mythology, there is believed to be a world tree. This tree has many branches that connect to various places in our universe. Our project hopes to further extend the branches of this tree from Carroll, Iowa to places such as France, Germany, Egypt, or Cuba and by doing so we hope to expand the knowledge of students. American education lacks cultural awareness and communication skills, both locally and globally. With the help of Carroll High School administration, we plan to incorporate these skills in English 11, starting next year, by communicating in various ways to broaden our knowledge of other countries.” Because of our love for history, we made a whole project about connecting to different cultures around the world. In the end, we couldn’t find a teacher willing to develop the idea into a course curriculum, however I am very proud of this project and the work I put into it.

Culture. An elusive term that has found itself at the heart of many heated debates about the curricula used in our educational systems. Forasmuch as society now depends on diverse cultural education to teach children how to be multi-culturally conversant, it is not quite hitting the mark with regards to how children are taught and learn about the various ethnic groups. A rather substantial part of this problem is that the polysemus term “culture” seemingly indefinable to one interpretation, gives the overwhelming impression that teaching through its context is indefinitely impossible. Notwithstanding, society has yet to reach an even remotely consensual definition of the term culture, especially in relation to its purpose as an educational

I believe that teaching is one of the most important professions in the world today. From the very beginning, until present time, teaching has been around. The book of Genesis speaks of God walking and talking with Adam in The Garden of Eden, God was teaching Adam. I will be proud to, one day, be a part of this great calling.

Later on, as I continued attending the class, I changes the perspective of history, I started to notices that because of history, because of people who in the history, that how our country are formed as it is today. For instance, if there wasn’t people brave enough to stand up and take action of equal right movement where Negros want to be in the same position as whites, and women fighting to have the benefits as men. Then this country we lived in won’t be this diverse as it is now. As Marcus Garvey said “ A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.”

I believe that education extends far beyond the classroom walls, and involves many more people than students and teachers. People should be learning wherever they go, and should continue learning long after they’ve graduated from high school or college. Education isn’t something that can be quantified with tests or report cards, but is instead something that people carry with them. It’s a survival pack for life, and some people are better equipped in certain areas than in others. People with a solid education are prepared for nearly anything, as they will be able to provide for their own physical, emotional, and aesthetic needs.

In order to increase cultural understanding, I believe that it’s important to view foreign cultures hands-on with our own eyes, and to meet and interact with the people who live there. This is so much different than reading about history in a textbook. I studied