Philosophy of Education



Philosophy of Education

Introduction:

If someone asked you to explain your philosophy of teaching young children, what would you say? How would you begin to formulate a statement that captures the essence of your belief about teaching and learning? A teaching philosophy is a statement of reflection about what you will do as a teacher. Your beliefs influence your action. It has been recognized by many teachers that the process of identifying a personal teaching philosophy and continuously

+examining, testing, and verifying this philosophy can lead to a change of teaching behaviors and ultimately enhance professional and personal growth. This process should also enlighten you about the field of early childhood education and how you connect with your philosophy. We discuss revising your philosophy statement in Module 6 and you will submit a revised statement at the end of this class. This is more of a belief statement with some relation to knowledge gained in these first few chapters. You will reflect throughout this course to identify what you believe once you have gained more knowledge about the field.

The Assignment:

You will submit a philosophy of teaching and a career path to help you develop this philosophy.

Step 1: Write a 2-3 page paper. In it, consider the following points:

• >In your opinion, why do you want to become an early childhood education teacher?

• >In your opinion, what type of teaching position do you hope to obtain, and why?

• >What type of program do you wish to teach for? (See chapter two in text.)

• >What is the pay range for this field? Benefits available?

• >What are the factors that influence your decision to pursue this career?

• >How do you view young children? What is the child's role in his/her education? What do you believe about how young children learn?

• >How do you view the role of the teacher? How will your views influence your teaching

Step 2: Review you paper, checking for conciseness, control, sound paragraph and sentence structure and supporting facts.

• >Use present tense, in most cases. Write the paper in first-person (which is the most common and easiest for your audience to read).

• >Make the paper memorable and unique. What is going to set you apart from others?

Step 3:

• Revise your paper as needed. This paper is your opinion about what you believe. If you are including information from your text, then be sure you reference this using APA formatting.

Resources:

Libraries

Journals

Internet

Formatting / Submission Requirements:

1.Your paper must be between 2 and 3 pages in length, including an additional page for works cited.

2. (Typed) on standard 8 1/2 x 11 paper

3. Standard type (points will be lost for fonts larger than 12)

4. Standard margins (No more than 1 inch on any side)

5. Double spaced

6. Written in Standard English

7. Your Course number, Section number and the Assignment number must be included in upper right-hand corner of the page.

8. If submitting electronically - files must be submitted as either a Word Document (.doc), Rich Text File (.rtf) or PDF

file (.pdf)

9. If submitting electronically - name you file as follows: Teaching Philosophy - first initial and last name - Section

Number. For example: Philosophy of Education - rsteele - EDU-119-040.doc

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