Essays on Education Philosophy

The last four months that I spent as a student teacher has greatly changed my educational philosophy from how I initially viewed the teaching profession. I dare say that my views and experiences have strengthened me as an individual and transformed the way I initially viewed a teacher’s job description and responsibilities, in terms of planning and organizing their classes. All experiences that I acquired as an Art education student at Colorado State University have been put to good use as I was able to develop teaching methods and strategies that engaged the skills and attention of students to the ...

- Overview

Early education is an important phase of children’s life. Therefore, this phase should be handled with care and professionalism. In order to enhance the success of early education, a professional academic structure has to be in place. In regard to the creation of an effective early education model, this paper takes a position about an ideal early education Head Start model which can adequately address the needs of elementary school children.

- Introduction

It is important to note that education at any level is a collective responsibility. As much as the beneficiary of the education model is the student, the fact remains that ...

How the teachers’ professional skills relate to the NAEYC standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation

- Promoting Child Development and Learning According to Piaget, child development and learning involves understanding how children’s mind work and develop towards the understanding of their world. As a result, teachers apply their professional skills such as creation of environments that are supportive, respectful, healthy and challenging for each learner to promote children growth and development. In addition, teachers use their skills to understand children needs and characteristics. - Building Family and Community Relationships - Observing, Documenting, and assessing to support young children and community Under this standard, apply their skill with a backing from the ...

Some of the tenets of my educational philosophy include leadership by example, multicultural awareness, personal development, being a role model and making the class a safe haven where every education seeker has an equal opportunity to acquire knowledge. The mission statement resonates with my education philosophy in very many aspects. First of all, the faculty promises to produce educators who will be good leaders in their particular fields. It also promises to produce educators who will transform the lives of people in extra ordinary ways. Personally, my sole goal in pursuing education has been to make a difference in people lives. Therefore ...

Education philosophy is an individual statement of an education guiding principle in education related issues. This includes students’ learning potential and how to improve it, the role of the teacher in class, community, and society. There are four philosophical perspectives of education: essentialism, Perennialism, reconstruction, and existentialism. The objective of this research is to discuss the four education ideologies to use them to formulate an education philosophy. Essentialists hold that there is a common core of knowledge that should be conveyed to students in an organized, disciplined way. The emphasis of this ideology is to give the students essential ...

Educational philosophy is a statement of an educator’s guiding principles, with regard to education problems and addressing them. These include how student’s potential and learning are most effectively maximized and functions of the educator at the classroom, learning center, society and the community. Each educator goes into a classroom with a unique set of ideals and principles on how to influence the performance of students. A philosophy of education enumerates these principles and ideals for self-reflection, sharing with the larger community, and for professional growth (Pratt & Collins, 2001).

Discussion

The differences of the five teachers and my case, as depicted from ...