Philosophy - a set of beliefs a person or group of people hold to shape the
educational system. It incorporates why, what, and how to teach students.

    My philosophy of teaching is to help all students while trying to make ideas

understandable and to try to understand students individually and personally.  I

disagree that the purpose of teaching is to score well on tests because I

think the purpose of teaching is to prepare students for the rest of their lives.  This

involves trying to make the students well educated about society so the economy and

the students benefit.  I think that students will be more interested in learning if they can

incorporate the ideas into real life situations.  I think that learning is easiest if the

student wants to learn and the most learning will get done if the student is enjoying it. 

Although I realize that some students may never enjoy math but they will need it in the

future to balance a checkbook so it must be taught.  During school a student should

realize his/her strengths so they can learn to build on them and use them in his/her

future career(s). 

    So in summary, I think that students should be required to learn a certain

curriculum so they can function in the future.  While learning, the material should be

related to life experiences as much as possible so it will be memorable and usable.  The

material should also be presented in an exciting way to gather interest and spark

students' curiosity.  I think all of these things will help a student develop his/her personal

skills and as a future member of society.



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