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Philosophy of Teaching
The role of the teacher is to act as guide and facilitator for the student. The teacher is not to be the active ingredient but rather a mediator; the student is to be the active participant in his or her own education -- the teacher acts as motivator and helper. Within the school, the teacher is a disciplinarian and guide; within the congregation, the teacher represents maturity, morality, and goodness; within the community, the teacher acts responsibly, always giving a good example of how a moral person should behave.
Learning styles are very different -- because all students are different, have unique talents and varying abilities. There is no reason to assume or expect that all students will learn at the same pace or in the same manner.
Teaching styles, likewise, may vary; as Knight (2008) indicates, teachers approach their role with their own philosophies and this is a necessary part of teaching; it prompts the teacher to be pro-active -- not just in education but also in classroom management and the job of providing for individual differences, both of which are essential elements of the teacher's duty.
The Christ-centered whole child approach is the basis of my teaching method, as I hold that Christ gives the best example of how to treat others and that the whole child has to be educated -- not just a part.
I believe that motivation and not coercion is the best method of moving students to engage with their work and that reason is the best motivator, followed by the appeal to the emotions. Genuine motivation is not, moreover, based on the idea of reward, but rather on the concept of duty and ideal -- of reaching for that which is highest and noblest, that which is best, brightest and true.
References
Knight, G. (2008). Issues and alternatives in educational philosophy (4th
ed.). Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press.
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