Education Philosophy
My education philosophy is that there must be choice in learning. Without choice their is no intrinsic motivation, and without intrinsic motivation there is no desire to learn. A teacher must also understand that everyone is different with a non-standardized mind. Having different schemas only promotes us to learn differently and at a different pace. Despite our differences, setting high expectations will help us all grow together as learners.
Growing up with lots of siblings guarantees lots of arguments but also plenty of practice and opportunities in learning. So many times I remember my Mom having my sisters and I sit down in the living room and look outside the windows into the backyard. This was usually after one of our many quarrels. She would sit us down and ask each of us what we saw outside on the lawn. I saw the trampoline. My younger sister saw a red ball sitting in the grass. My older sister said she saw the sandbox and a bike. What were my sisters talking about? There was no red ball. I didn't see a bike. The point that my Mom was trying to make was that we all see the world from different points of view. We saw different things based on where we were sitting in the room.
It's not that one person is wrong or right, they are just different. We all come from different places, live in different homes, have different experiences, and therefore see the world differently. I suggest that we all need to get up and sit where someone else is sitting. For we all are learning.
Growing up with lots of siblings guarantees lots of arguments but also plenty of practice and opportunities in learning. So many times I remember my Mom having my sisters and I sit down in the living room and look outside the windows into the backyard. This was usually after one of our many quarrels. She would sit us down and ask each of us what we saw outside on the lawn. I saw the trampoline. My younger sister saw a red ball sitting in the grass. My older sister said she saw the sandbox and a bike. What were my sisters talking about? There was no red ball. I didn't see a bike. The point that my Mom was trying to make was that we all see the world from different points of view. We saw different things based on where we were sitting in the room.
It's not that one person is wrong or right, they are just different. We all come from different places, live in different homes, have different experiences, and therefore see the world differently. I suggest that we all need to get up and sit where someone else is sitting. For we all are learning.