Teaching Philosopy

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Teaching Philosophy
Through careful consideration and thorough self-assessment I found that I am a pragmatist in philosophy and progressivist in my teaching theory. I believe that experience is how students learn best. I think by taking experiences in life and applying them to a problem you can not only better understand the answer you can also better understand the possible answers therefore have a more thorough and deeper understanding of any material covered. My pragmatist beliefs have a direct correlation on my teaching theory, which is progressivism. My belief in progressivism has to do with the organized freedom that the theory is based on. I think giving the students a topic/problem to freely discuss makes learning more meaningful and develops an open mind to others beliefs. Due to the fact that I want open discussions in my classroom I would set the room design in such a way that everyone can have eye contact with me and with each other. I feel that setting the chairs up in a half circle would be the best set up for this and would even help stimulate and promote my teaching philosophy and teaching theory. Though I feel this would be the best set up I would be open to ideas of the students as to what set up they feel most benefits them and one which they are most comfortable in. Another key factor in my teaching philosophy and theory would be making sure that my classroom was open to discussion but controlled by keeping the topics discussed relevant to whatever is being taught. Overall I feel that understanding my philosophies and adapting them to the student will be the key to ensuring that the maximum potential of everyone is reached....