The Key to Success in Education :: Teaching Education Philosophy

A Mixture of Progressivism and Behaviorism is the Key to Success in Education downwind Beck, a teacher of thirty years, is my hero. Lee has an intense passion for teaching and an equal passion for children. It is this overwhelming passion and satisfactions in helping children excel in academics and in life that have inspired me to become a teacher. Pursuing a career in Education has led me to various philosophical perspectives of grooming that will be utilized in my future classroom. Behind every educational facility and educator lies a value system and set of intuitive feelings that run their philosophy of education. My educational philosophy and goals are influenced by a combination of both progressive and behavioral aspects. Most imperative is the characteristics of progressivism that appeal to my values and belief system.The purpose of education is to enable a child to become more efficient and achieve goals in their life. An equally important purpose is to expos e children to different values and beliefs that are used throughout the world. Education indirectly provides teachers with the opportunity to touch the lives of children and have a positive influence in their lives. I bank to be capable of touching a life and making a difference. It is important for me to know that I have encouraged children to feed the hunger of their minds. star aspect of progressivism to be integrated into my classroom is cooperative trying activities. Progressivism teaching methods recognize cooperative learning activities as a practical method of instruction. working in groups was not always part of my previous education. Normally working independently has left me feeling uncomfortable and untrusting of others when working in groups. It has in any case left me intimidated by my peers with different racial and ethnic backgrounds. I feel that if students are frequently exposed to cooperative learning activities that they will be more trustin g and more group oriented toward a unified goal. My first cooperative learning experiences in college have taught me in a short-change period of time that just because someone is different, does not mean that they are incompetent additionally, learning from students is an important part of being a teacher. It is important for children to learn this lesson early in life, not until their college years.