Teaching Philosophy Statement
Aristotle once said, “The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.” Teaching enables students to gain the intelligence needed to excel in life. I believe that a teacher’s philosophy of education is a crucial role in his or her approach to leading students on their educated path. A philosophy of education is the set of beliefs that every school and every teacher stand behind. The certain philosophy that one chooses provides the answers to many vital questions, such as the purpose of schooling, a teacher’s role, and what should be taught in the classroom.
In schools today, I think that the majority of students do learn and accomplish their goals. I firmly believe that many students work hard to make good grades. The nature of these students is to their best in their classes. I also think that there are those few students who attend school for the wrong reasons. Many go just to socialize with their peers, while others go simply because they have to be there. These students are sometimes hard to reach. I believe that knowledge is relative and is up the person if they want to learn what is being taught in the classroom.
Education is one of the most important things we can achieve. In my opinion, education decides where you are going with your life: the more you acquire, the further you go. With everything changing in today’s world, education should be a key goal in everyone’s life. As a teacher, I hope to provide new knowledge to all of my future students. I want them to learn and take in as much as they can absorb. I want all of my students to leave my classroom wanting to be taught more. I believe that overall purpose of education is to provide students with new facts that they can build upon and use the rest of their lives.
When considering a possible educational philosophy, one must think about their career goals, and what is important to them. There are two educational philosophies that influence the way I want to teach in my own classroom. Essentialism and progressivism correspond to my beliefs. They both represent the values that I hold important when coming to running my future class. These philosophies interconnect to form the view of the best educational philosophy for me.
First, essentialism focuses in teaching through core courses, using the essentials of knowledge and development. Essentialism is a traditional teacher-centered philosophy. It emphasizes the great importance of transferring knowledge from the older being to the younger generation. The teacher is the expert on the subject, and students listen and learn what is being taught. The teacher is also the role model to his or her students. School is the institution students come to learn.
I like the essentialist point of view on the back-to-the-basics approach where teachers are in-control of their classrooms. Furthermore, I agree that schools should teach a...