Within an environment of trust, I believe that the better interest of children can be met by allowing them to become aware of what they do well, and care enough about themselves to develop those talents, so that they may become independent, well functioning, satisfied members of our global community.
The educational philosopher who has most affected my thinking is the progressive, John Dewey. In his book, Experience and Education, he outlined the need, if not the imperative, to teach from the interest of the child. I intend to shape the experience of students by allowing their teachers to teach to their strengths, while accommodating areas less secure. I would want my instructors, (although I would be much more theirs than they mine), to teach in the way that they connect to the adult world. With the speed of information and innovation geometrically increasing, students need to be empowered with more than access to a vibrant curriculum. They need to be taught how to think, to be able to digest a fluidly shifting, ever more connected world. The Seven Survival Skills (Wagner, 2014) are a good guide:
Resources: Wagner, Tony (2014-03-11). The Global Achievement Gap: Why Even Our Best Schools Don't Teach the New Survival Skills Our Children Need —and What We Can Do About It. Basic Books. Kindle Edition.
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Ian Pumpian
11/1/2016 02:04:36 pm
This is a good draft and has potential to be great. Remember this is a personal platform not a term paper. It is preparing you to be able to verbalize your vision and ability to lead toward accomplishing it. Wagners sever survival skills are fantastic but its his belief not yours. You can certainly reference Wagner and Covey and the influences they have on shaping education , but you are preparing for your interview not theirs. In paragraph two this should be your vision about what children should expect from us as educators not you as an individual educator. You will have places to share your experiences in later sections of the platform. Your central core belief idea seems to be education should help kids become more aware of and caring of themselves. We accomplish this by helping them discover thier interests and talents and nuturing them. I think you opening statement should be more than one sentence, its too long. Start with your core belief and then support it. Your central core belief idea seems to be education should help kids become more aware of and caring of themselves. Sate that. Then go on... we accomplish this by helping them discover thier interests and talents and nuturing them.Complete the paragraph, in your own words, by honing into what that belief means and requires.
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