Educational Philosophy

I believe the purpose of education is to develop the human mind, so that children are able to expand their horizon, and possibly their world. Education provides an outlet, it takes the small bubble you’re in and adds more to it so that you are able to relate to others from different walk of life. Through education student’s foundations are laid allowing their minds to develop critical problem solving skills by gaining understanding of the importance of reading, writing, and even math. Many students argue, “What’s the purpose of math?” The purpose of each subject is unique to our lives as we grow older, and math is directly connected to the banking system as well as our taxes. 

Through the development of building these academic core values students gain access to resources that are in their favor. These resources allow students to learn real life problem solving. As they volunteer within their community and summarize a report of their knowledge that they were able to gain back to their peers as well as teachers.  Gaining knowledge is the purpose of education because after students have gained the knowledge they need to face the world they will live in and through these opportunities and more students will gain the adequate knowledge of how to will face life without feeling like a fish out of water. I believe the purpose of education is to expand on student’s understanding of things that are around them and to help develop logical ways to be creative when it comes to problem solving.

I believe the purpose of school is a safe environment that students are able to find their identity, get sense of who they are, who they want to be, and to find their learning style. School is there to find what is unique about you away from your family, and to build ambition that have the ability to make your dreams fly. The school system challenges students to accept or debate others perspective that they either agree or disagree with. School is a safe ground to learn about the history of America, the struggle each group of people went through to gain their freedom, as well as draft treaties. History has shaped our world, and through school’s history is learned so that students are able to pinpoint in what forms might this very history repeat itself. The school system also teaches about constitutional rights, values, and freedom of religion and it’s the reason so many people decided to make America their home.

The purpose of school is to teach students how to be open, network, and how society has a lot to do with the connection of people. Society plays a big role in social media, and todays schools are teaching the importance of technology and positive along with negative notions connected to social media. Schools are no longer stuck in history, but is moving forward instilling the correct tools for students, and giving them a brighter view of tomorrow.

Today society views schools as a place to send kids so the parents can have some alone time; however, as educators we view schools as a playground to allow students the ability to explore their vision, their talents in the arts, and to challenge them in academics. School is a place that provides much more than I can describe, and to do so I would have to write a book. 

“My purpose as a teacher”

As a future teacher my purpose it to create a safe community where students can define themselves without getting judged or looked at in a disrespectful way. My purpose is to make learning fun especially the subjects I feel passionate enough to teach. Many students today lack the ability to enjoy reading due to the school system’s dictatorship, and censorship. I feel I would push the boundaries, and I’d be that one teacher that smuggles books for students who are passionate about a certain genre.  

I believe in order to learn students must enjoy what they are learning, therefore I want my students to read novels, plays, and books. I want them to enjoy their own genres or books of choice, not what I enjoy or what the school system requires me to teach. If you really look at it from my perspective, you will see that education has to grab the student’s mind and heart so they can learn it to the fullest and go beyond what’s underneath the surface. You come to a point where you question yourself as to why students must read Shakespeare plays if they are not enjoying it, why can’t they read different plays? Through this mindset I feel empowered and confident enough to respect their interest, as well as to treat all equally without judgments of any sort.

I view the nature of learning as humans will or need to learn and they will approach that mindset when they are ready. Anything before that which has to do with push or force isn’t going to produce any outcome. The student needs to be willing and open about education and the school system as those who strive to teach. I will approach the community by setting goals and voicing my ambition towards educating young students. I also believe that putting together events such as winter carnivals. Winter carnival would pull the community members into the school, and from that allow an open dialog about education and parent awareness.