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Philosophy Paper
Everyone has their own philosophy. Teachers are no exception. The purpose of this paper is to afford you the opportunity to discover and explore your own educational philosophy, which reflects your goals, methods and beliefs in regard to education.
Use educational philosophies discussed in class and from the textbook (chapter 6) along with documentation and/or statistics where applicable in this assignment. You must have a minimum of 2 references used and cited in this paper.Your paper should be approximately 3 to 6 pages in length. And although not assigned until later in the semester, chapter 9 in your text has useful information that may aid your writing of this paper.
Use the following statements as a guide in the writing of your reflective paper.
Begin your paper with: The purposes of education are
. This introduces a general thesis statement into your philosophy. Then address the following concepts in your essay. These guided statements will help you sequentially develop your reflective paper.
1 I believe that children learn best when taught under certain conditions and in certain ways. Some of these are
2 The curriculum in any classroom should include certain basics. These basics are
3 Children learn best in a good environment. Some of the features of a good learning environment are
4 All children have certain needs. Some of these needs are
.
5 I would meet these needs by
6 Qualities I think important for teaching are
.
7 I believe the most important role of the teacher is
8 I believe students fail because
9 I believe students succeed because
10 I believe my greatest strength in teaching is/will be
. because
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