My Educational Philosophy :: Philosophy Education Teaching Essays

My Educational Philosophy I believe that children are like sponges; eager to absorb the knowledge we have to give them. It is up to us as teachers to make sure they are given the correct information to develop into individuals that can function in today’s society. Undertaking this responsibility, you have to prepare. In doing this just look at real life and is it just sitting and memorizing? No. In real life you are actively involved in what you do. I believe that the learning process needs to be an active learning experience. If a child is actively involved in learning he will retain much more. An example of this is when I taught Pre-school and we were learning the parts of the body. Five minutes after telling the children the different parts of the body just one child could remember where his shin was. So, I went into active teaching by song, using the song â€Å"She waded in the water†. In this song, you point to the different parts of the body that get wet. The next day, most of the children still remembered the song and could point to the correct parts of the body. You can actively involve the children in the learning process by scientific experiments, cooking, song, dance, games, contests, puppets, reenactments†¦ a nd the list goes on and on. I feel that planning your lessons to include many of the senses is very valuable in the learning process. In doing so I realize it will take more time and effort but it will be well worth it to reach the children in ways that will involve them actively in the learning process. By doing this keeping the attention of more of them and in the long run they will retain more of the material introduced to them. Memorizing is a very important part of the learning process, but sometimes you can memorize and have fun doing it. I feel that positive and timely feedback is very important. This includes papers graded and handed back promptly. I will allow questions to be answered concerning the results on the papers graded. I feel that a child’s input is very valuable. You can learn a lot about a child by listening to him. Parents have a very important role in the development and education of the children.