Throughout
my years of being a student I have felt very successful. I have been successful because my teachers
have always encouraged me to work my hardest and set goals for myself. My education was always viewed very highly. I
was taught that hard work would result in earning good grades and good grades
would eventually lead to success. Being
successful has always been my goal.
My
personal philosophy of education suggests that when a student is motivated and
encouraged to solve problems the child will then become more successful. A classroom is an environment where a
student can develop into a successful individual. Also, the classroom serves the purpose of being a place where
students can explore and experience new situations and work with others to
solve problems.
Schools
are preparations for the future.
Students attend classes and learn theories, ideas, and thoughts from
others. From these ideas students
should be encouraged to develop, construct, and support their own feelings. A
teacher’s job is to be a motivator to encourage students performing at their
best.
The theory of
education that I most agree with is that of Progressivism. This theory allows a child to develop his
own ideas and present them to others to develop a fuller understanding. A teacher’s role in the classroom is to be a
supplemental source for a student. A
teacher provides facts, but a student uses those facts and stores them in mind
but then develops his own ideas. With
these ideas students together can use information and do something with it to
become successful.
In
my career of being a teacher I went to provide students the opportunity to grow
as individuals. Through motivation it is important to encourage students to
discover and test their ideas off of the ideas of other students in class to
reach a fuller understanding.
~ Reach for the moon and you will land amongst the stars. ~