The document discusses the author's philosophy of education based on their experience working in education. It describes how working at a migrant summer program inspired the author to change their major to education. It discusses the important role teachers play in the lives of low-income students, whose classrooms may be their only source of academic knowledge. The author believes teachers must constantly reflect and experiment to improve classroom learning, using up-to-date research and technology to personalize instruction for students.
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The document discusses the author's philosophy of education based on their experience working in education. It describes how working at a migrant summer program inspired the author to change their major to education. It discusses the important role teachers play in the lives of low-income students, whose classrooms may be their only source of academic knowledge. The author believes teachers must constantly reflect and experiment to improve classroom learning, using up-to-date research and technology to personalize instruction for students.
The document discusses the author's philosophy of education based on their experience working in education. It describes how working at a migrant summer program inspired the author to change their major to education. It discusses the important role teachers play in the lives of low-income students, whose classrooms may be their only source of academic knowledge. The author believes teachers must constantly reflect and experiment to improve classroom learning, using up-to-date research and technology to personalize instruction for students.
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The document discusses the author's philosophy of education based on their experience working in education. It describes how working at a migrant summer program inspired the author to change their major to education. It discusses the important role teachers play in the lives of low-income students, whose classrooms may be their only source of academic knowledge. The author believes teachers must constantly reflect and experiment to improve classroom learning, using up-to-date research and technology to personalize instruction for students.
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Bottia-Philosophy of Education
After finishing high school in Carbondale, Illinois, I decided to attend John A. Logan Community College where I began to major in psychology. Due to my immigrant status at the time, I was not eligible for financial aid or scholarships; consequently, I had to work a variety of jobs in order to sustain myself. My last year at the community college, I took the opportunity to work at a migrant summer program. The programs objective was to give migrant children a chance to go to summer school instead of working in the fields. That experience inspired me to change my major to education. As I began my career in education I discovered that the classroom environment plays a key role in the lives of low-income students. For many of them the classroom is the only available source of academic knowledge. This responsibility makes our profession an important element for neighborhood improvement. Aside from fulfilling key roles in a community, we must also constantly reflect on our own practices in order to find better ways to maximize learning in the classroom. Reflection and experimentation should lead us to use up-to-date research. Also, it should drive us to use readily available technological tools to personalize learning in the classroom. Our knowledge drives instructions, as a result, we must marry our tools to be able to keep up with their developments. Compromising to accept the changes our tools undergo will give students a chance against societys ever-changing demands. We must also believe that all students are capable learners. Without this imperative belief, failure is deemed to occur in the classroom. Socrates, the father of western philosophy, argued that knowledge is already stored within a student, consequently the only role of the teacher was to let knowledge free. This correlates to the root of the word education, which comes from the Latin e-ducere meaning to lead out. Even though Socrates beliefs have not been proven, I have observed that teachers stand by Socrates argument to accept that all students are able to learn. I find many similarities between an orchestra and my profession. In an orchestra the composer must assign a particular role to an instruments in order to
produce a cohesive musical piece. In a classroom we must also use resources (parents, resource staff, administration), ideals, and creativity to create academic results.
