Essay On My Educational Philosophy

The question, "what do you want to be when you grow up?" haunted me as a teenager. I never knew how to truthfully answer that question because I knew everyone who had asked would most likely want me to respond a "doctor" or "lawyer". In fact, it was not till I reached my junior year of high school that I was confident enough to say I wanted to become a teacher.
Throughout elementary school, I struggled with my reading. Fast forward two years, after countless hours of tutoring and extra support from family and teachers, and my reading had improved tremendously.
It wasn’t until I was in high school and my brother had reached the fifth grade that I started to notice that his behavior was changing. I would get angry and yell at him for …show more content…
My biggest personal belief is that all students deserve a passionate and innovate teacher. One who will do everything in their power to see each and every child succeed. It is easy to teach the students who learn material quickly and who behave well, but the truth is the students who misbehave and need an extra push are the ones who need us the most. They are the students who are facing struggles we may not know of or understand. As educators, it is our job to extend our hand and never give up on these students. We must also understand that it will not be an easy task. In most cases, these students may even put up a fight and build up a wall against up, but we must try to break through these walls. Most importantly, we must understand that we will not win all of our battles and some students will, unfortunately, be too far gone. However, we will never know how much of an impact we can have by simply never giving up on …show more content…
I believe that education should revolve around the needs of the child, rather than the teacher or content that is being taught. Students must be interested in what they learn so that they can focus more effectively and apply what they have learned to their own personal lives. Students who are not interested in what they are taught are more likely to forget the material. At the root of knowledge are questions; when students are asking questions they are involved in a thinking process that will most likely not happen if they are not interested in what they are being taught. Therefore, I fall under the axiology educational philosophy