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Educational Philosophy Statement
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The development of educational philosophy is extremely important
for each teacher since it defines his/her basic principles,
behavior and attitudes in the education process. At the same
time, educational philosophy is as unique as the personality
of teacher. Naturally, each teacher should have certain principles
he/she should constantly follow in his/her educational career.
Speaking about my educational philosophy, I should say that
primarily I take into consideration the recent changes in
education and attempt to match the basic demands of the modern
epoch and needs of students. Probably, the most important
part of my educational philosophy is relationship with students.
Basically, I think that teachers should be very attentive
to students needs, but, at the same time, pay a lot of attention
to their skills, abilities, and knowledge. It is obvious that
it is impossible to have some universal approach to each student
since each student is an independent individuality with his/her
own needs, interests, and potential. This is why my major
task as a teacher is to fully reveal the potential of each
student and encourage them to study and develop their skills
and abilities on the basis of new knowledge they acquire in
the learning process.
Consequently, I should work out an individual approach to
each student that is one of the major elements of my professionalism
as a teacher, which is, unquestionably extremely important
since only highly-qualified professionals should work in education.
Otherwise, they threaten to the future of students they work
with as well as to the future of the whole society because,
to a significant extent, it is teachers who shape students
personality and often they are the only professionals who
can redirect students to the right way in their life.
In this respect, I should say that it is not only teachers’
professional knowledge and skills that influence their students
but also their behavior, thoughts, and philosophy at large
that affect dramatically students. This is why it is extremely
important to avoid any kind of authoritarian or laissez-faire
teaching but, instead, be a really democratic teacher in order
to make students really feel independent, socially significant,
respected, and, on the other hand, remain respectful and be
conscious of the rights of other people. Practically, it means
that a teacher should develop a democratic attitude to his/her
students on the basis of principles of equality and mutual
respect that means that students should be active participants
of the educational process but by no means they cannot be
thoughtless subjects subordinated to the will of a teacher.
At the same time, the teacher should be able to indicate students
at the right way if he/she realizes that they are wrong in
their judgments and views but it is necessary to do in discussions
so that student could arrive to the understanding of their
mistakes themselves while the role of teacher should be rather
that of assistance.
However, teachers should possess certain degree of authority
but it does not mean that they should impose their views to
students and be authoritarian but it means that teachers should
be respectful and remain respected by students at the same
time. To meet this goal, it is necessary to perfectly know
your students. What is really important here is the necessity
to know not only students learning skills and abilities but
also their cultural and social background that are extremely
important and without which it is practically impossible to
understand the personality of each student and individual
approach to each of them. It is not a secret that socio-cultural
background plays an extremely important role in the life of
students and, to a significant extent, shapes their identity.
This is why teacher needs to be integrated in students community
in order to perfectly understand his/her students, their behavior
and its motives on order to properly interpret it and adequately
react.
Thus, taking into account all above mentioned, it is possible
to conclude that, in my opinion, I, as a teacher, should follow
the main principles of my educational philosophy in order
to achieve possibly better results in my work. To put it more
precisely, I should be highly professional in my subject,
possess profound knowledge, develop individual approach to
each students not only on the basis of the knowledge about
their learning skills and abilities but also on the basis
of their socio-cultural background. My relationships with
students should be democratic since it will provide the opportunity
to fully reveal students potential and positively influence
the formation of their personality and cultural identity that
is probably the major task of each teacher.
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