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Statement of Philosophy and Goals As a child playing school with the neighborhood children, I had always dreamed of becoming a teacher. Since the first day of kindergarten, watching the teacher teach us how to do basic things like counting, writing, and reading is what interested me in teaching. Throughout my elementary and secondary education I became even more interested in the teaching field. I thought that being a teacher would be the best thing in the world because a teacher has an immense amount of knowledge. Now I am in college where I am currently studying to be a secondary mathematics teacher. There are several reasons why I want to become a teacher, but the two most important reasons are to make a difference and to …show more content…

I did not only learn things like photosynthesis, but I learned how to become an adult and to respect people. I continued my learning process by going to college, and I plan on continuing this process by becoming a teacher. For example, a teacher that teaches a computer science course has to constantly learn about the new technology, so that he or she can teach his or her students the up-to-date information. A teacher is constantly learning something new because techniques are always changing. The educational learning process never ends. “The curriculum of the schools should be subject-centered. In particular, student learning should be centered on the basic subjects such as writing, reading, history, mathematics, and science.” This philosophy is from an essentialist point of view. A student’s learning process should be based on the basic subjects. Essentialism is called the back-to-basics approach because it teaches the students the essentials of academic knowledge. Ever since the launching of Sputnik in 1957, it brought the basics back to the classroom. Mathematics changed over night when Sputnik was launched. For example, an ordinary problem like one plus three became a simple word problem, “Jimmy has one apple in his basket, but Beth gave him three more apples. How many apples does Jimmy have in all?” After the launching of Sputnik, mathematic

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