MY EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Philosophy is a particular system of thought based on such study or investigation but in this case it is a teaching philosophy/my personal philosophy. according to me my personal philosophy is my view when it came to education (teaching and learning)I see teaching as involving a reciprocal relationship between teachers and students-I believe that teachers have duties to their students and that students have duties to their teachers.

I believe that it is my responsibility as a teacher to provide students with the following:

• an environment conducive to learning,

• knowledge that will help them be successful in achieving their lives' goals,

• materials, opportunities, and feedback that will help them learn, and

• help in becoming and remaining motivated to be successful both in their studies and in applying their knowledge to solve problems in their lives.

I also believe that my students/learners have duties to me, to their fellow students/learners, and to themselves. I believe that these duties support me in doing my duties to students. I believe that it is the students' responsibility to be supportive of the teacher and fellow students by being.

my goals as a foundation phase school teacher in the making i would like to see my self producing future presidents, doctors, lawyers and teacher. i will also want to see my self being the best teacher pruducing 100% pass rate. the love for education grow deep for me because i think i can do better in the department of education as a teacher.i will give children a chance to talk,  tolerant of different points of view, prepared for class, willing to work hard to complete course activities,willing to bring their life experiences into the class to enrich discussions, and willing to try to apply what they learn in class to solve the problems they face and in their lives.

Therefore, because of the reciprocal nature of the duties between teachers and students, I believe that it is a fundamental mistake to see students as customers or as clients because such a view incorrectly implies that the primary duties in the relationship are the teachers' duties to the students and virtually ignores the duties of students to their teachers, fellow students, and themselves.

according to me the process of teaching and learning is the process where the teacher and the learner/student have a relationship where they work together and help one another with the process of learning. in the process the two will have to learn to love each other as a team but most importantly as a teacher and a student/learner.A teacher is a person who creates an environment that is conducive to learning a place where students can immerse themselves in a subject or discipline as they assimilate a body of requisite information, concepts, and/or skills. Learning is not a passive process, it requires motivation, effort, and persistence. Good students enter the learning environment with a commitment, a willingness, and a sense of personal responsibility toward achieving their educational goals. Good teachers provide an environment that is challenging yet supportive. They set goals and deadlines. They furnish resources, critique performance, and provide enough stimulation to minimize distractions and sustain motivation. Despite the best intentions and methods, the most effective teacher in the world cannot teach someone who is unwilling to learn. The idea that students must be active participants in the learning process is diametrically. the a learner/student is a person under the teacher following the rules and who also follows the dead line set by the teacher to gain information in the process of learning and teaching.

My role as a teacher in the learning and teaching process is that i should be the one teaching the children responsibility as students/learners i will be responsible for.

For me i think the role of a learner is to follow the deadline of the teacher and also respect the teacher back as the teacher should first respect the student to resent back from the pupil and have a nice loving relationship between them.

My personal values are that children should be loved and respected not only that but also be protected. most people treat children in a wrong way and like to shout at them but as a foundation phase teacher i will be promoting fairness between old and young, and between male and female but most important teacher and student. I think parents should take part in their children education to not only help the child grow educationally but to grow the child’s love for education. The person who are most destroyed at a young age are children and they are most destroyed by their foundation phase teachers because they don’t pay attention to the child’s well being and to the child educational development which for me it is very important because the child has to love the teacher then love the subject/content then he/she will love education/school in general. Between teachers and students it became very easy for one to hate the other because the two have a bond for life and nothing separate it even if they try, we all remember our first teacher and we will always do because we had a bond a spatial bond that was bounded by love and protection through out the time you were together because the teacher had love loved her job but if it was the other way round it would have been a disaster.

To conclude being a teacher is a full time job that needs full time attention mere especially as a foundation phase teacher it does not end in the class room but on the street. It is a 24/7(24 hours 7 days a week) not just in the class room where you sit down with the learner to see what’s wrong and right. now i promise to serve the community and serve my country with respect as to that part where i cant not teacher no more i will making teacher the young ones my best friend. I will be fair to the children and i won’t treat them any way better than the other because of the love i have for children and because i will be working under oath by the government and the department of education.

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