Philosophy of Education There are many professions and careers in the world. The one thing they all have in common is that the people have a philosophy they follow when they are working. A philosophy is a set of ideals that the worker believes and follows. The ideals they hold may be a result of how they were raised coupled with experiences and what they believe. These beliefs and ideals might have led them to their profession in the first place. A philosophy, however, is not set in stone. It is a constantly changing thing; as time go on society changes and ideals change. These changes can cause a shift in what a person believes or focuses on. An aspect of society where different philosophies can be found is education. Education is ever
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Therefore a teacher cannot teach just one way. As a student, I wasn’t taught just by sitting and listening, I also was involved in what I was being taught and I did projects to display my knowledge and therefore was able to really grasp a concept that I was being taught. The teachers that involved me into the lesson were the teachers I loved the most. When I began my teacher education, one of my goals was to become a teacher that was loved by her students as well as a person that could really have her students understand the content. As a result of this goal, I strive to use differentiated instruction to teach my students. Differentiated instruction is a method used by teachers in order to satisfy the diverse needs of learners in the classroom (McLeskley, Rosenberg & Westling, 2013). By using differentiated instruction I can include all students in the learning process. In order to do this I use many tools to meet his goal. The first way I differentiate is by using the theory of multiple intelligences to create different activities for my students to do. Howard Gardner developed the theory of Multiple Intelligences which explains the presence of nine different Intelligences, including bodily/ kinesthetic, existential, interpersonal, intrapersonal, logical/ mathematical, musical, naturalist, verbal/linguistic, and visual/spatial (McClellan & Conti, 2008). I use different multiple intelligences in lessons for different subjects. I try to reach many of these different intelligences in all my lessons for all subjects. For my visual learners, I color code different numbers in math and have posters around the room as well using word walls. For my kinesthetic learners, I use SMARTBoard developed games and movement activities where students get up and position their bodies in different ways in order to learn the lesson. My artistic students are given projects to do where they can create and
Therefore a teacher cannot teach just one way. As a student, I wasn’t taught just by sitting and listening, I also was involved in what I was being taught and I did projects to display my knowledge and therefore was able to really grasp a concept that I was being taught. The teachers that involved me into the lesson were the teachers I loved the most. When I began my teacher education, one of my goals was to become a teacher that was loved by her students as well as a person that could really have her students understand the content. As a result of this goal, I strive to use differentiated instruction to teach my students. Differentiated instruction is a method used by teachers in order to satisfy the diverse needs of learners in the classroom (McLeskley, Rosenberg & Westling, 2013). By using differentiated instruction I can include all students in the learning process. In order to do this I use many tools to meet his goal. The first way I differentiate is by using the theory of multiple intelligences to create different activities for my students to do. Howard Gardner developed the theory of Multiple Intelligences which explains the presence of nine different Intelligences, including bodily/ kinesthetic, existential, interpersonal, intrapersonal, logical/ mathematical, musical, naturalist, verbal/linguistic, and visual/spatial (McClellan & Conti, 2008). I use different multiple intelligences in lessons for different subjects. I try to reach many of these different intelligences in all my lessons for all subjects. For my visual learners, I color code different numbers in math and have posters around the room as well using word walls. For my kinesthetic learners, I use SMARTBoard developed games and movement activities where students get up and position their bodies in different ways in order to learn the lesson. My artistic students are given projects to do where they can create and