Education Case

Social Responsibility:

As a teacher, there will be a heavy burden of social responsibility upon myself to prepare my students on a daily basis for life outside of the classroom. It is our responsibility, as educators, to build certain building blocks and skills that our students will ultimately use and need in order to be successful in their next grade level or even as they achieve adulthood. This is a responsibility that I do not take lightly and it is one that I accept with open arms. Too often, teachers assume that students already know certain things or aspects of the subject being taught by not asking the question or even asking the right questions. In addition, there are times in our profession that will allow students to slide by and not hold them responsible for the material because of an aptitude reason, behavioral reason or other reason. However, we are not doing them any favors and will eventually cause issues down the line for both the student and his eventual teacher. We must do our best to reach every student and prepare them for the next step in their education.

Decision Making Essay:

How and why I came up with the title and theme of my educational philosophy paper is because the subject is something that I have thought about and have had discussions about with my peers. My writing plan is to gather my thoughts and put them in paragraph form. I usually add points to back up my thoughts afterwards if I am confident there is such evidence. I did not get to use as much research as I would have liked due to my schedule, which has been burdensome and difficult. I determined my beliefs and theories based on my teaching experience over the last year. I am confident in my beliefs and passionate about my philosophy of integrating my Christian worldview into my daily lesson plans regardless of whether I am in a Christian or secular school. Because this is how I know and understand the world to be and this is how I will interpret the world and everything in it. I have only been able to dedicate 3-4 days of thought and research into this paper.

Reflection Essay:

This class has been, by far, the deepest and most thorough in regards to the key aspects of education and philosophy. As I reflect back I now have a better understanding of the ancient educational philosophies and where they derived from. In addition to the ancient philosophies, we discussed the modern philosophies and where and why they developed. We then discussed how to teach with a Biblical Worldview and the significance and importance of doing so. Furthermore, we discussed the different methods of classroom instruction and the different philosophies used within the class. This this was an important section for me, as I learned a great deal about methodology and classroom management. In addition to this, we had a section on