Janice Koch states “being a teacher requires an emotional and intellectual engagement.” Janice Koch is the author of So You Want to Be a Teacher: Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century that provided a lot of insight and information that is important to know if I wanted to be a teacher in a 21st-century classroom. In Chapter One: Who Are Our Teacher, Koch gave statistics of what a “normal” teacher look like in a classroom. Most teachers are middle ages married white woman and Koch discuss the importance of having diversity in the education field among diversity and gender. If there is not diversity among this professor, minorities and males will believe that only white woman are fitted to be teachers.
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Five educational philosophies developed as way people believe students should learn and grow in a classroom. The five educational philosophies are essentialism, perennialism, progressivism, social reconstructionism, and existentialism. All five differ from the focus of study and teacher’s role. Essentialism believes the purpose of education is to teach key elements of core concepts so that all students have access to basic (“essential”) knowledge. Perennialism believes that focus should be on literature and art. Progressivism believes in learning through experiences. Social Reconstructionism is an educational philosophy that emphasizes social justice and curriculum promoting social reform. Reconstructionist believes schools must produce an agenda for social change. Existentialism believes that students should have the right to choose their field of study to prepare them for their jobs in the world and understand their life’s …show more content…
ED1320 slaps you in the face with the reality of being a teacher in a 21st-century classroom. I declared my major in Elementary Education the day I met with Terry Forge for Spring Registration in November. In all honesty, I am afraid of being a first-year teacher, my anxiety is really high. I just wonder what will happen if I fail as a teacher and what could go wrong in the future. My only question I have is how did you know that you wanted to teach Secondary Education instead of Elementary Education? It a constant battle I have in my head every day and I am very torn about it. Though Multicultural Clinical Experience (ED1320) is an intro to teaching class for possible education majors, I believe everyone would benefit from this class. Even as teachers we are still
Not only we need to know who are our …show more content…
Five educational philosophies developed as way people believe students should learn and grow in a classroom. The five educational philosophies are essentialism, perennialism, progressivism, social reconstructionism, and existentialism. All five differ from the focus of study and teacher’s role. Essentialism believes the purpose of education is to teach key elements of core concepts so that all students have access to basic (“essential”) knowledge. Perennialism believes that focus should be on literature and art. Progressivism believes in learning through experiences. Social Reconstructionism is an educational philosophy that emphasizes social justice and curriculum promoting social reform. Reconstructionist believes schools must produce an agenda for social change. Existentialism believes that students should have the right to choose their field of study to prepare them for their jobs in the world and understand their life’s …show more content…
ED1320 slaps you in the face with the reality of being a teacher in a 21st-century classroom. I declared my major in Elementary Education the day I met with Terry Forge for Spring Registration in November. In all honesty, I am afraid of being a first-year teacher, my anxiety is really high. I just wonder what will happen if I fail as a teacher and what could go wrong in the future. My only question I have is how did you know that you wanted to teach Secondary Education instead of Elementary Education? It a constant battle I have in my head every day and I am very torn about it. Though Multicultural Clinical Experience (ED1320) is an intro to teaching class for possible education majors, I believe everyone would benefit from this class. Even as teachers we are still