My Personal Philosophy Of Teaching

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Introduction
From the knowledge I have gained from my teaching experiences and graduate level coursework, I have developed a personal philosophy regarding what teaching means to me. Over time, I have also developed a goal for what I would like to take away from any extended education I receive in the field of teaching.
The one goal I have set for myself when tackling a new learning task is to find one new idea I can use in my classroom. I set this goal as I have found it to be the most realistic, most predominantly through experience. When anyone is bombarded or expected to learn a variety of items at one time, the items are rarely remembered or implemented within the classroom. For this reason, I also use this philosophy when presenting …show more content…

Teaching can be extremely challenging one day yet extremely rewarding the next day. The challenges teaching brings about make it quite the uncertain craft. Every day comes with new obstacles and challenges to tackle. Each day my students walk into my classroom from different backgrounds and with various life experiences. These different home lives bring challenges that may alter student motivation and work ethic. I believe teaching requires a natural sensitivity to understand that each student comes from a different background and arrives at school each day with various life experiences, good and …show more content…

This allows learners the opportunity to become engaged within the material being taught and later apply it their everyday life experiences. Lortie (2002) shares, “Teachers strive to reach students. They manage groups of young people at work. Teachers are also expected to perceive and act on the needs of individual learners” (p. 165). This can become difficult when any one variable, such as outside distractions or student home life, can divert you and your students’ energies or attention elsewhere.
I also it is important for educators to enjoy and desire to be lifelong learners. In the teaching profession, it is important to be open-minded, especially about new instructional practices that can benefit learned within the classroom. Along with developing an open-minded personality, I believe teaching not only consists of continuous assessment of student work and understanding, but also a large amount of self-reflection as

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