Personal Teaching Philosophy Assignment
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Running head: PERSONAL TEACHING PHILOSOPHY1Personal Teaching PhilosophyStudent’s NameInstitution AffiliationDate of Submission
PERSONAL TEACHING PHILOSOPHY 2IntroductionAfter teaching for several years, I still enjoy my profession up to date. The reason is that Ifind teaching extremely satisfying especially when I see my students have made it in life and I feel that I am part of their success. Dealing with young children is enjoyable because they tend toobey what I tell them to do and thus I have to be careful not to make mistakes in my class because I believe life is shaped at childhood stage. My best moment is when I see students ask questions, pursue the answers and apply new concepts in their daily life.Nature vs. Nurture Concept and DebateAs a teacher of young children, I believe that nature and nurture have a role to play when it comes to learning in class and the ability for each student to understand new concepts. Some students are bright in class than others because their parents are also bright while some take too long to understand the same information. The idea here can be explained using nature, and that isthe genes children get from their parents. Bright and clever parents most of the time give birth to sharp children because of the genes that they pass on them. Notably, nurture also has a part to play because in my class I have two children who are brought up in different families where one of them lives with her biological parents, and the other one lives with her uncle. I find that these two children perform differently in a class where the one living with her biological parents perform much better than the other one. Nevertheless, the two children also behave differently inclass and when playing with their fellow children. Some psychologists propose that nurture influences the way children behave and their ability to comprehend information. According to John Watson who was a psychologist proposed environmental learning as a leading side when it comes to nature vs. nurture argument, and he said that he had the ability to teach a child who
PERSONAL TEACHING PHILOSOPHY 3could be randomly picked in a group of children to be the type of specialist he wanted. He said that he would teach the child to be a specialist of any type irrespective of the child’s talents, potentialities and race (Bowling, 2017).Goals and objectivesMy goals and objectives as a teacher are to ensure that my students are able to understandwhat we have learned at the end of the lesson and they are able to ask questions concerning the topic of the day to prove that they have understood. I am also looking forward to ensuring that my students are in a good position to pass their exams either the tests that are tested internally or externally. Additionally, I also look forward to assisting the weak students in class in order to help them perform better in class without undermining any of them or having a negative attitude towards them. I also aim at covering the syllabus of the year before the year ends for my studentsto be in a better position to perform their best. Role of the early childhood educator as a professionalI believe that being an early childhood tutor requires me to wear different hats in order to excel in my profession. I have to be flexible as long as I am experienced as a teacher. My role is to guide students and not lead them, and I have to move in the direction which interests the students. As their guide, I permit the children to select their playing and learning style while making their safety my major concern. If a child does not perform well or hurt herself while playing, I understand that the blame is on me since their parents are not around. Additionally, I have to be a partner in learning by encouraging children to get their answers rather than providing answers for them. According to constructivist theory, learning is an active procedure where students construct new concepts founded on their present or past knowledge (Weimer,
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