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.
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.
The psychology theorists of the past have shaped the classrooms of the present. There are many theorists that have affected the teaching styles of today and a theorist that has had a major impact is Lev Vygotsky. Vygotsky’s work interests me much because his concepts and ideas encompass many of the ways in which teachers teach in today’s classrooms. The ideas he presented have contoured the strategies of teachers. It is interesting to look into the reasons why teachers have adopted some of the strategies they use and many of those reasons are formed from the original ideas of Vygotsky.
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.
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
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.
To be a teacher it is imperative to have philosophies on teaching; why you want to teach, how you want to teach, and what you want to teach. There are six main philosophies of education; essentialism, behaviorism, progressivism, existentialism, perennialism, and reconstructionism. My two strongest philosophies are progressivism and existentialism. Progressivism in short is the philosophy where the student utilizes their ability to access knowledge for themselves with a method they have discovered on their own instead of simply being told answers. This creates deeper thinking. Existentialism is the philosophy that the student decides how and what they will learn, they also decide what they think to be true and false. This creates
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.
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...
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
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
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.
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.
My philosophy of education would be progressivism and existentialism. I would use progressivism because I like the hands-on learning style. Also, because I want to teach at a preschool or kindergarten. Children learn better if they have more hands-on learning then just sitting and listening to you talk. With progressivism, the education is child centered so your focus is your children and not a test. You have more freedom to teach them what they want to learn. You can make the learning more interactive, or shaped to the child’s learning style. The philosopher in progressivism that stood out to me was John Dewey. Per the textbook, Foundations of Education 12th edition, “Dewey had three levels of education; 1. “making and doing”, engages children in projects in which they explore their environment and act on their ideas. These activities help develop sensory and motor skills. 2. Broaden students’ concept of space and time in projects of history and geography. 3. “science”, bring students into contact with various subjects, for example Biology, Chemistry, Humanities.” (Pg.118) I like how Dewey incorporated everything into his three levels. First he looked at the child’s development, then what they can learn about the world, lastly science, all while trying to make it more hands-on. I like the project ideas, It forces the children to learn on their own. Dewey just wants to help people get the best education that they can in the best way possible. He won’t discriminate on your race, religion, gender, economic class, he thinks that people can learn from each other and their experiences. I like Dewey’s philosophy on education. For me I would probably do a lot of hands-on in my class. So, safe hand on science experiments, so the childr...
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.