Emphasizing Gifts Philosophy
Enajah Winbush 25090789
EDUC 504-397
Liberty University
Dr. L.D. Bradshaw
Abstract The emphasizing gifts philosophy is one of the most influential philosophies to apply in the classroom because of the diversity and spiritual impact it has on students. This philosophy is pleasing to parents and students because it focuses on each individual student, and uses a variety of techniques to engage students, emphasize social skills, positive student-teacher relationships, and promotes academic achievement. This philosophy is guided by our Lord and savior, and understands that every child is unique, but it is one under our father and Jesus Christ. The emphasizing gifts philosophy is vital to student’s success and
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Introduction My personal philosophy is founded on many different ideas from very well-known theorist as well as my own personal beliefs. My philosophy of education represents a very simple frame of mind. My biblical worldview influences my philosophy because if you put Christ first everything you do then you reap the fruits of the spirit.Students are taught values, respect, responsibility, self-control, honesty, integrity, kindness, thankfulness, patience, and commitment. These qualities then lead to children having their spiritual gifts uplifted and used to promote academic achievement and healthy relationships with the teacher and peers. Skinner, Maslow, and Vygotsky and their research influences this philosophy as well as analyzing each students’ learning style and understanding that each child comes with its own blueprint. As far as teaching, the main goal of this philosophy is to consider differentiation and applying different concepts to promote a …show more content…
The student’s success and learning is a result of the intentional teacher, and the steps and actions the teacher takes daily in order to ensure each child is learning in the way best for them.Skinner’s theory of operant conditioning and reinforces and punishers do an excellent job of shaping behavior. A teacher who is aware of the ins and outs of behavioral learning train and shape student’s behavior, which results in better learning. Vygotsky, in opposition to Skinner, believed that “higher mental functioning usually exists in conversation and collaboration among individuals before it exists within the individual” (Slavin,2016, p.39). Small group work and constant interaction between teacher and student can increase students learning, because a
The dictionary defines the word philosophy as the general principles or laws of a field of knowledge, activity, etc. I, myself define philosophy as my beliefs, values, and opinion on a subject. Specifically in this paper, the subject I will be speaking about is my philosophy of education. What is my philosophy of education you might be asking? I will answer this question as well as talk about many other aspects of education. These aspects include the nature of students, the nature of knowledge, the purpose of public education, method, and curriculum.
Personal examples of a behaviorist style of instruction are based on the widely renowned theory by B.F. Skinner, which in the classroom can be summarized by reinf...
My Educational philosophy is defined in becoming a teacher as a set of ideas and beliefs about education that guide the professional behavior of educators. Also included in educational philosophy are one’s beliefs about teaching and learning, students, knowledge and what is worth knowing. My five general purposes for philosophy of education are: to set goals of plan, to teach useful and relevant information, be aware of students learning styles, modeling positive cooperative behavior, to look for solutions and to make sure those solutions are working.
Correcting a particular behavior of one student should be a positive example in correcting the behavior for the rest of the students. When given work, teachers should establish routines and give concise directions to make transitions effective. Jacob Kounin’s theory can be implemented in my classroom by being aware of all of my students
B. F. Skinner’s behavior theories have been implemented in school systems in a variety of ways. Teachers rewarded students for good behavior long before Skinner’s theory came about. However, many classroom behavior managements systems used in today’s schools are influenced by his work. Skinner stressed immediate praise, feedback, and rewards when seeking to change bad behavior or encourage correct behavior in the classroom. BF Skinner wanted the goal of psychology to be practical. When dealing with education he thought one should find ways to make education effective and enjoyable for all students. His learning theories depended on the assumption that the best way to modify behavior was to modify the environment. Skinner’s ideas for
Various learning theories are nested within my lessons, particularly in Drama and Dance subjects where both theoretical and practical aspects are embedded within one lesson. Firstly, Pavlov, Skinner and Thorndyke’s Behaviourist theory will be discussed (Fairclough 2008). Thorndyke’s experiment on animals (Avis et al, 2010) to encourage ‘learned’ behaviour was through a process of trial and error, rewarding animas with food if they were successful in their task. This taught them to purposefully behaviour in a certain way towards reaching successful goals and effectively being rewarded. Learners are systematically rewarded for aspiring behaviour using the Creating Futures policy within school. Learners receive a creating futures report each term which identifies whether they are outstanding, motivated, coasting or unacceptable in each of their subjects through an attitude matrix. At the end of this report they receive a score, for example, 2.92; above 3 is the score that is high recognised and rewarded with high quality trips, non-uniform days and school discos. This seems to be a successful strategy to encourage ‘learned’ behaviours within school. Learners in lesson often ask what attitude they are working at and how can they achieve that all important outstanding attitude in order to receive a reward. Reinforcement is used through positive language, explaining each lesson what a motivated and outstanding learner looks like; verbal praise and feedback on work and attitudes is given continuously within a lesson. Subsequently behaviourism has received opposing attention for being un-humane and un-ethical. Avis et al, (2010) stated behaviourism is morally deficient in that human beings are treated a...
Webster defines philosophy as a critical study of fundamental beliefs and the grounds for them. In this philosophy, I will be talking about the three great philosophers: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. These three philosophers represent the birthplace of Western philosophy.
In a behavioristic learning environment, it would be accurate to believe one’s students will learn through the environment around them. Some examples include: the things that they hear, the things that they see, the things that they do, as well as the feelings associated with those. In a behavioristic environment learning is conducted through the use of a system of rewards and punishments. If a student is rewarded for an appropriate behavior they will continue to do that behavior, and on the other side, if a student is punished for an inappropriate behavior they will cease
Learning Philosophy My learning philosophy is to look at our students as individuals when preparing our instructional lessons and their academic goals. I believe that all students can learn if they are believed in and given the opportunity to engage with topics at their level of understanding. I currently lead teachers in standards based lesson planning with components necessary for students at all academic proficiency levels. My belief system is that when we differentiate our teaching techniques for learners, we ensure students acquire grade level standards.
Skinner’s theory can be applied inside the classroom as well. A teacher can get her students to behave by positively reinforcing acceptable behavior and punishing or negatively reinforcing poor behavior. A teacher can also get her student to work hard in her class by doing the same thing.
Upon being faced with the task of writing my philosophy of teaching, I made many attempts to narrow the basis for my philosophy down to one or two simple ideas. However, I quickly came to the realization that my personal teaching philosophy stems from many other ideas, philosophies, and personal experiences. I then concentrated my efforts on finding the strongest points of my personal beliefs about teaching and what I have learned this semester, and came up with the following.
Skinner believed that the best way to understand behavior is to look at the causes of the action and its consequences. He coined the phrase operant conditioning. His experiments thought us that behaviors that are reinforced tend to be repeated and the ones not reinforced tend fade away. He was able to prove is his theory with famous “skinner box”. This experiment used animals to show if given reinforcements like food they behavior will repeat. When the animal was given a punishment or negative reinforcement the animal was less likely to do it again. This experiment still holds true today. While educators do not put their students in a box and give them electrical shocks when they are wrong, They do however promote good behaviors such as the token economy, where they provide gold stars on a big board which will condition the kids to want to get the stars for a special treat at the end of the specified time. Teachers now focus more on positive reinforcement rather than punishment. It tends to reap better benefits.
Before taking my philosophy self-assessment, I was sure my highest score would fall somewhere in humanistic or social change. I was surprised when I saw that all of my scores fell within six points of each other in all five of the philosophies. After thinking about this, I have determined that I have come to see the benefits of each of the philosophies of education and have drawn pieces from each one in order to shape my own philosophy of education and teaching. Behavioral, progressive and humanistic are the three philosophies that I scored highest in and I will attempt to show how my philosophy relates to ethical teaching of each in today’s classroom. In Nodding’s Philosophy of Education he says, “Thoughtful people continue to examine the old responses, to generate new ones induced by changing conditions and to reflect on current responses in the interest of making education as good as it can be.”
I can not narrow down my educational philosophy to one area. I have studied the teacher-centered philosophies and I would consider myself somewhat eclectic, having a mixture of progressivism and essentialism.
Skinner, was an inspiration to many psychologists and is still thought as the best cognitive psychologist. His idea of effective learning was a transformation in the traditional education system. His theory implied that if a child’s actions were immediately rewarded with a positive outcome, the action will increase. This notion was accepted into schools to make the learning process of children more relaxed and much calmer. Other important Cognitive psychologists were Edward B. Titchener, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Edward C. Tolman, Naom Chomsky, David Rumelhart, and Wolfgang Kohler.