Jonelle Henrickson EDU 215 Professor Peter Hensley October 28, 2012 My Educational Philosophy- A Reflective Comparison “The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think- rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” –Bill Beattie Education is a journey and to teach is to be the guide. This is my educational philosophy in the most simplest of words. However, elaboration is needed
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writers need to have three basic criteria in their paper: examples, statistics, and credibility. Right now the big concern in the education system and amongst school administrators deals with the issue of standardized testing. In Don W. Hooper’s 2001 paper on “Accountability for Student Success” published by the American Association of School Administrators, he states that if planned properly the accountability system can greatly improve education. Later in time Childhood Education published Bobbie
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Film title and date: Dead Poets Society, 1989 Director: Peter Weir Actors playing the teacher(s): Robin Williams plays the role of Mr. Keating. Context: John Keating is an English teacher who has passion for teaching. He is different from other teachers. He uses unique methods to enlighten students. He told his students about Dead Poets Society and encourages them to discover love and passion in life. Each of his students is inspired in their own way and their lives have changed. View of teaching:
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THE ARGUMENT. There have always been arguments amongst people as to which of these two occupation is more important ie teaching and farming .People have always been arguing about these two occupations on radios, in schools, in the newspapers etc .In my opinion, they are both equally important. Recently, I witnessed an argument between two gentlemen in a vehicle on my way home . These two gentlemen were by the names Mr. Fred Jones and
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Thesis statement Does Personal Responsibility really belong in on the shoulders of the students or does the responsibility belong to the instructor regarding your education? #1 What does personal responsibility mean to me? Personal responsibility means to me that I am accountable for all aspects of my life which would include my education and ways to improve upon those aspects. Personal responsibility can also be referred to as accountability which is defined by Merriam-Webster as “the quality
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anymore. Next, thing I noticed was the concern schools had about “star professors.” This refers to popular professors who published important books and ran certain famous magazines or newspapers (para, 6). Because schools predict the student enrollment will keep increasing by a rapid rate in the upcoming years. And the schools with the most popular faculty of professors will be in high demand for students around the globe. Which means the school ratings will rise as well as supply (teacher’s salaries)
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they hold and this can often to lead to underachievement. According to Gillborn and Youdell (2000), teachers are quicker to punish black students than others of different ethnicities for similar behaviour. This leads to many black students being anti-school, rejecting education and then underachieving. Mirza (1992) found after studying black female students who faced teacher labelling and racism, but also wished to achieve highly. They did not achieve highly, as their racist teachers discouraged them
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Should Teachers be involved in the Character Development of a student or does this Infringe on the rights of the parents? Dwanna Foster Grand Canyon University June 16, 2012 Should Teachers be involved in the Character Development of a student or does this Infringe on the rights of the parents? There is a question that states: Should teachers be involved in the character development of a student or does this infringe on the rights of parents? I absolutely believe that teachers
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held her back from school and never motivated her. She never sent her to pre-school and Juanita did not attend kindergarten until she was 6 years and 9 months old. I do not think that Juanita was born or had a disability. However, I do think that she is very unmotivated and will continue to be this way until she gets the help that she needs, and maybe special programs at school is not enough support. 2) I see that some requirements were made from the IDEA by Juanita’s school system. They offered
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fellow classmates with problems they are good at solving. I believe teachers are important role models and mentors. Serving the community will show the students values that they may not learn at home. Acts of service can be demonstrated within the school or even outside of the educational community. I believe by acting with kind words and showing respect to others I will show the students the values they need to know. I will be remembered as that teacher who would not give up on students and who
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