PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

Every child is unique, just as every classroom is. My role as an educator is to provide students with every opportunity possible to cultivate their own knowledge in a safe, supportive, and engaging environment. Being a teacher entails more than communicating and assessing the content; moreover, providing students a chance to experiment and develop in all aspects of who they are, and who they are yet to become. Students should have learning experiences that are active and beyond the textbook. Enhancing a curriculum that promotes students to form their own meaning of the content and not just memorize the “correct” answer is vital to the basis of creating a life-long learner.

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I believe that giving students an open-minded and non-judgmental space, where they can explore through expression of ideas and investigations of concepts, will allow them to blossom into individuals. As quoted by Einstein, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” No two students have the same background, making no two learners alike. Students deserve to have an environment where they can cultivate their own learning styles and passions. With the help of structured scaffolding and differentiated instruction, students can construct their own theories while still learning skills, like collaboration and self-confidence, that will benefit them in their everyday life.

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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” The students sitting in my classroom are the future of creation and change. It is of major importance that I transfer my love of learning and instill this same passion in them. I want to emphasize to every student I teach that they need to have a growth mindset in life. Learning new processes and philosophies from every means possible is what will help them become well-rounded individuals. Doing this will also show them there is more to the world than just learning to memorize and provide the correct answer, but it is  forming their own independent interpretations through investigation, exploration, and discovery.