Partner Assignment: Why is Philosphy Important? by

Schooling and Education

svanbeek0023 — 2024-05-23 04:44:15 UTC

As a secondary teacher, I need to be an expert in my content area to be as effective as possible. Because I am teaching more in-depth courses, some even dual-enrolment courses with our looca community college, it is essential that. have enough education to be effective fot my students. I have also found that my students are more likely to respect my authority when they know that I am an expert in the area.

Academic Content and Student Populations

svanbeek0023 — 2024-05-23 04:50:25 UTC

I firmly believe that all areas of the content standards need t be covered within a course. That being said, it is inevitable that some topics may have a greater emphasis placed on them than others. When deciding which areas to focus more heavily on, I consider my student population. Specifically, I consider what information will benefit them the most outside of the classroom, as well as what areas they may be more interested in personally. For example, in my 12th grade Economics course, my students are very interested in personal finance and the real world applications. Because of this, I incorperate personal finance lesson whenever possible and emphasize lessons about investments, debt, and taxes.

Student intelligence and self fulfilling prophecies

svanbeek0023 — 2024-05-23 04:54:10 UTC

The article mentions that beliefs about a student's ability and intelligence can lead to self-fulfiling prophecies. I agree wiht this as well. Intelligence is not the only factor that impacts a student's ability or succeed. If all studnets are supported and encouraged as if they are capabe of being high-achiving students, I belive that they are more likely to be high-achieving.

Student intelligence and content

svanbeek0023 — 2024-05-23 04:59:13 UTC

the article states that educators believes about student intelligence impact how they plan their lesson. I completely agree with planning lessons around students. However, I do not believe in oversimplifying content to match a student at a low level. Students have varying intelligences in varying areas, so if I can incorporate an area a student excels in to teach a more difficult area I ma be able to help them learn the material. For example, if a student is struggling to understand the types of costs associated with a business, but they work on their family's ranch, I would plan to use a ranch as an example so the student can apply their knowledge to the new content.

How educator beliefs operate

svanbeek0023 — 2024-05-23 05:04:59 UTC

The articles explains that many educators become so comfortable with their beliefs that they are unwilling to update their practices to match new research. While I know that I may become set in my ways in the future, I belive I will still be willing to update my practices because my most firmly held belife is that we, as educators, should be preparing our students to succeed after graduation. As the world is constantly changing, so will my teaching strategies if I want to continue to provide my students with a up to date and relevant education.

Educators beliefs and their sense of self.

svanbeek0023 — 2024-05-23 05:09:14 UTC

The idea that the closer an educators beliefs are tied to their sense of self, the more difficult it is to accept change is very interesting. Beliefs are what define is as educators, however we should be constantly willing to update our practices and philosophies to keep up with the world. Does this mean we should be updating our own sense of identity as well? I don't believe so. If the only belief an educator holds tightly is their belief that each student deserves an effective education, changing a belief for how to achieve that should be less personally threatening.

Implications in the Classroom

svanbeek0023 — 2024-05-23 05:15:42 UTC

Understanding that an educators beliefs have a significant impact on their students is essential to separating personal biases from good classroom practice. It is impossibel to separate personal beliefs from teaching because they are an educators core values, but being aware that these beliefs can cause biases and harm students can help educators to use their beliefs to maintain an effective classroom.

Thought #2

neonjosselyn — 2024-05-23 05:32:24 UTC

How do you balance emotional needs to intellectual ones? As a teacher it is important to meet students “felt needs”. It is important to listen and hear students out. I can relate to this teachers thoughts because I think that it is impotent to accommodate to students needs and insight on things.

Sabrina-I completely agree with this idea. If our students are well supported emotionally, it will be easier for them to focus on the content.

Thought #1

neonjosselyn — 2024-05-23 05:36:20 UTC

There’s no method or technique to which you can become a successful teacher overnight. The teacher talks about how it takes years to become a successful teacher and how you still learn as you go and I can definitely relate to this teachers thoughts. As a teacher you find your own way and your own style. I can also relate to this section because it states you need “style, techniques, and style again”.

Sabrina- This reminds me of the idea of becoming a lifelong learner. We continue to grow as people long after graduation, and we should also be growing as teachers long after our first few years.

Thought #3

neonjosselyn — 2024-05-23 05:42:36 UTC

I really loved how the article stated being a teacher is “like being a writer”. I thought that this was the perfect example of learning as you go and then getting it down. This simply explains how every teacher wants to have their own voice as a young individual and how they would like to have their your own style.

Thought #4

neonjosselyn — 2024-05-23 06:07:26 UTC

The teacher must excel in knowledge and in human insight into the needs and capacities of learners. A teacher must demonstrate excellence and skills. I can definitely agree with this teachers insights on excellence and personal conduct and convictions.

Sabrina- Great point! Just as teachers should excel in their content area, they should also excel when it comes to understanding how best to support their students.

Thought 5

neonjosselyn — 2024-05-23 06:15:22 UTC

This teachers thoughts explained how each teacher must provide opportunities for her students. Students must learn, discover, analyze, unify, synthesize, and create knowledge of life and behavior. The role of the teacher is to serve others and it is expressed as an important position.

Thought 6

neonjosselyn — 2024-05-23 06:20:09 UTC

Another amazing thought and great point that the teacher made was that the teacher is a role model. The teacher teaches through examples and guidance. Some of the lifelong habits include patience, tolerance, and perseverance.

Thought 7

neonjosselyn — 2024-05-23 06:25:12 UTC

It is also the teachers responsibility in encouraging the students and providing them with materials so that they can work to achieve their goals. Again, the yea her models for the student and the student is expected to potentially see what that student can become in the future. The teacher will set examples so that the student can follow.

neonjosselyn — 2024-05-23 06:36:20 UTC

Comments for Sabrina:

- I was not able to comment on her post when clicking on the 3 dots so i decided to add all three on here.

I think that understanding an educators beliefs is definitely important because we need to know how to separate work and student biases from personal experiences and situations.
I completely agree with planning lessons around students. However, I do not believe in changing a specific lesson for a student, but I do believe in working one on one and accommodating to that students needs.
Lastly, I can agree that students respect you more if they see you are an expert in your area. as stated in the article, you need to be a role model for your student because they look up to you and potentially seeing themselves in the future.

-Josselyn Sandoval