Educational Philosophy 1
EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
Educational Philosophy
Cesar Backus
University of Phoenix ? MAT 501
The Art and Science of Teaching
March 8, 2006
Jimmy R. Marin
Educational Philosophy 2
Philosophy is a belief, questions about existence, knowledge and ethics; any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation. It is my belief that incorporation different philosophies in education, is probably the best way to be successful in teaching. In a classroom of thirty different children, you have to be able to fit in different philosophies, standards and strategies along with their personalities and style of learning. We are constantly learning, whether we're aware of it or not. Education is inevitable; it's all around us because we can learn from virtually anything. When you are cooking, dancing, or even communicating with someone, you had to learn several things to be able to do them.
When it comes to teaching, there is one philosophy that stands out, that is epistemology. The epistemology finds reality within the child's structure of what he/she knows. I feel that learning should be involved with children's real life situations. Learning becomes more understandable to student when they can apply it to their personal life situations, rather than trying to learn things they can't connect with. I would like children to able to think for themselves and solve problems that will allow them to apply them to future similar situations. As educators, any philosophy or a variety of skills needs to be introduced in order to maintain the student interest; making sure their attention is on you and ready for ...