I Am An Educator You Must Have A Tight Hold On Your...

Matt Chattin Foundations of Education Educational Philosophy December 15, 2014 My Philosophy To be an educator you must have a tight hold on your beliefs as a teacher. There must be strong clear goals in your classroom where every student and parent know exactly what is expected of them. They must understand what you as a teacher is trying to accomplish. There are a lot of factors in teaching today. Goals for students, curriculum, pedagogy, the teacher’s role, assessment, classroom environment, and different learning styles are things you need to know in order to instruct what you want. There is a conflict between what style of teaching is the best for America, whether it be public, charter, or private. You must have a clear†¦show more content†¦In the classroom there are going to be several different learning styles such as visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile. You need to be able to accommodate all of these styles. To do so you can incorporate all the different styles in your lesson throughout the class. For example, for a math problem you could expla in how to do the problem out loud, you can then write out the problem and solve it on the board, then you could allow the students to try a similar problem. You have to try to attend to all the students’ styles as best your can so that all students can be successful. In education you need to know what you are teaching. You have to be an expert in the curriculum you are teaching. Curriculum is the most important part of education, because it is what the students are learning. If the curriculum is not adequate or not taught properly the students will not be receiving any benefits. The curriculum must be full of material that students need to know. I feel that they need to be taught what is going on in the world today, and how they can be a productive member of society. This will help them be problem solvers of the future problems. This curriculum is not so much lecture it is more about interaction with the students. This new world method can sometimes leave out the classic literature and events that led us to where we are today, but I do not think that it has to be that way. You can incorporate history