REFLECTION PAPER

Reflection Paper



Reflection

Personal Philosophy/View/Goals

EDU 705 Humber Colleges

Different people have different philosophies. My personal philosophy is that to ensure a successful educational experience, we have to know to admit the grandness and importance of social interaction between teachers and students as well as their interdependent roles.

A receptive environment may develop feasible and comfortable feelings for a student, even when his teacher is present in his surrounding and effective communication should be provided to increase the skills and abilities of the student. Student should know that his teacher is always available to consider him and to sort out with his problems. Some of my honorable teachers who posses these leading qualities and my teachers always gave us the best opportunity to learn in our class environment, but some of my teachers were very typical and unlike this way to communicate lecture. However, this behavior of my teachers was not appeal the students and most of the time we wanted to skip class.

Sometimes, I felt that I was a selfish student and my philosophy about education are student-centered, because students come to learn in institutes and teachers' focus should be to concentrate student and to groom their skills rather to explain books. We should facilitate to share our ideas and views in the class in order to build our confidence level. The first learning of a child begins from his home and then from his school. Schools and homes, both have a vital role in grooming the personality of a child. My personal belief is that the diversity among the students should be respected, recognized and even celebrated. Every individual has his own background "and" this background influences his behavior that may be sometimes negative. This negative or harsh behavior may be tackled by a teacher.

My personal philosophy is not against the aspects of teacher-centered philosophies, but I only respect some of these aspects. Another teacher-centered aspect of philosophy with which I strongly disagree is the “Perennial Philosophical” view of education as a “sorting mechanism” (It is a notion that shows the universal recurrence. This view is that philosophy is insight independent of culture or epoch). My personal belief that every student has some potency, caliber and unique qualities, and the target of education is to assist and to support students, in order to recognize and build students' capabilities. Educational institutes are the place where students come to learn and to make their ...