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Educational Philosophy Statement

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As an educator, my philosophy of learning is constantly evolving to meet the needs of my students and reflecting on my own development as a teacher. It is my goal as a teacher to help all my students learn and grow in ways that are developmentally appropriate and efficient in shaping my students to be not only great learners, but wonderful people as well. I believe that while there is a general pattern for how students learn at each age range, there are also special considerations for the individuality of each student as they are growing into adults. Therefore, I believe that students should be considered not only as a whole class, but also as their individual selves. I am firm believer in Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory. I believe that every student learns in their own way, and that no way is right or …show more content…

As a teacher, my goals are to help my students succeed academically, and to shape their behavior in a way that allows for them to have that academic success. Hence the use of reinforcement and extinction with my students to shape their behaviors. These principles, made known by B.F. Skinner are a part of encouraging certain behaviors and discouraging others (Ryan 2013). Behaviors I want students to continue will happen more frequently using positive reinforcement. If there are unwanted behaviors, I can extinct them by either ignoring them or using punishment to discourage students from continuing these behaviors in the future. Skinner’s approaches to instruction are also valuable for my classroom. He presents the idea of using clear objectives, teaching in small steps, and allowing students to learn at their own rate (Ryan 2013). I believe in using all these ideas for my students. They all make sense in the context of learning and allow for students to be successful in meeting their

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Skinner devised the theory of operant conditioning. Operant Conditioning is defined as an important form of learning “in which a learner’s behavior becomes either more or less predictable depending on the consequences it produces” (Singleman & Rider, 2018, p. 42). To better explain, this theory plays out when a learner behaves in a certain way and associates that behavior with either the positive or negative consequences that follow. The idea is that humans tend to continue behaviors that have positive consequences and extinguish those that have negative consequences. Regina George shows exactly how this theory plays out by using positive and negative reinforcement within her friend group to condition them in behaving how she wants them

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B.F. Skinner believed children responded to a system as in which involved in rewards and punishments. Skinner was best known for research about social and physical development of children. That is also his most basic descriptive of beliefs. He widely acclaimed work is based on both, negative and positive reinforcements. It is common that behavior is affected by the consequences given; Skinner proved the process doesn’t have to be repeated.

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There is an old Chinese proverb that says “ Tell me, and I’ll forget. Show me and I may remember. But involve me, and I will understand.” This is a philosophy I’ve held with me for most of my life. The premise of this quote is that teachers must engage their students so that the students can fully discover, process and apply the information they are being taught.

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So it would seem that behavior is key to the goal of the teacher and by re-enforcing positive and ignoring and stifling negative behaviour teachers can control and conduct behaviour which is key to classroom management. Although these behaviorist strategies have been considered and used from 1960’s. There is still some Skinner in the classroom today and not only used to control behaviour but to reward through reward systems. Hussang on her presentation on key classroom management theories claims that “Skinner’s work has been directly incorporated into modern school systems. Though rewards were utilized for good

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I never envisioned myself in a professional role that involved me working behind a desk or in an office without constant interactions with others in some capacity. I always saw myself having a career that involved interacting with children and witnessing their eyes light up or that "aha" moment when they learn new concepts. For a while, I was still deciding what career would be the best fit for me, but now I know that seeking to be a teacher is the best fit for me. A career as a teacher is meaningful and will allow me to work directly with children daily. In the role, I will teach them educational and behavioral skills while also being able to provide them with the necessary resources to witness their growth.

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In addition to his contributions to education, Skinner also influenced the clinical treatment of mental disorders. He created the behavior modification method; a process based on operant conditioning, by which subjects received small rewards for good behavior. The method has been used by psychologists and psychiatrist with extremely disturbed patients and has been used to overcome obesity, shyness, speech defects, addiction and other issues. The desired outcome is given a positive reinforcement and the behavior that is undesired is not given a reward.

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Paper 1: BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION Becky Templin Clovis Community College February 17, 2018 Introduction The theory behind behavior modification ethics has a reputation for its accomplishments and disappointments. In addition to this, there are many dangers in using physical punishment as behavior modification with the two primary modifiers of behavior being Classical conditioning and Operant conditioning. The outcome of using negative reinforcement has its share of benefits and downfalls in human behavior whereas; positive reinforcement seems to win over.

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B.F Skinner attended Harvard University to study psychology and he gained the ability to create this learning theory to make our futures brighter. It has changed from molecular and absolutist form of years past when basic researcher’s therapist and educators sought to modify isolated “target behavior.” Behaviorism is easy and understandable because it is how a person reacts to by using these behaviors. There are reinforcements that are treated for human disorders including autism, anxiety disorders and antisocial behavior. These are disorders that some of the children have faced in their life and this theory is a way to help them get better.

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There are many ways to teach students what they need to be learning in school. You can be one kind or a mixture of the types. There are five different types and they are; perennialism, progressivism, behaviorism, essentialism and social reconstructionism. My personal favorite way of teaching/learning is the progressivism way. I personally believe that children learn best when they are in an environment they feel safe in, relaxed, welcomed and a positive place.

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From a very young age, I knew that I wanted to be a teacher: that I wanted to open children’s eyes to wonders of the universe, to help sculpt them into the best versions of themselves, and shape the future of our nation with my actions. I see teaching not only as a method of bettering a student’s own life by assisting them as they uncover their personal potential, but as a way to positively affect the lives of people who never set foot in my classroom. The students that pass through my will become an extension of my knowledge, my passion, and my efforts. The idea that one day my students will make decisions that can change the course of history, for better or worse, and could be a result of the ideas and attitudes I instill in them today,

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All children can learn and be successful. All the rest of my philosophy of education grows out of this simple and powerful statement. The future of our society is based upon our ability to change and grow. The skills and knowledge required in the future must enable citizens to take change in stride.

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Link to reality: Both Skinner’s theory of operant conditioning and Pavlov’s theory of classical conditioning can be used every day in an ECCE setting. Today many school systems and childhood authorities follow Skinner’s and Pavlov’s theory by using the approach of positive reinforcement. This encourages good behaviour in the child making the behaviour more likely to be repeated again as they are rewarded and praised for their efforts in reading, writing and general learning. It is important that children’s efforts in a learning setting are rewarded as this will encourage the child to perform to the best of their ability.

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McLeod (2015) wrote “[the] obvious advantage of [operant conditioning] is its ability to clearly define behavior and to measure changes in behavior [and thus it] looks for simple explanations of human behavior from a very scientific standpoint”. Skinner believed that a simple way to shape behavior is to provide feedback on learner performance by means of approval, compliments, encouragement, et al. According to Thomas (2005), when a student begins learning a new task, reinforcement (praise) should occur frequent intervals, and as the performance improves reinforcement occurs less frequently, until eventually only exceptional outcomes will receive any reinforcement. An undesired behavior can be quenched by being simply ignored by the teacher instead of being reinforced by having attention drawn to it, which is not an easy task. Furthermore, knowledge of success is extremely important as it serves to motivate a student’s future learning.

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1. B.F. Skinner: Behaviour modification Positive and negative reinforcements or rewards and punishments are used to modify or shape learner’s behaviour. B. F. Skinner’s entire system is based on operant conditioning. The organism is in the process of "operating" on the environment, which in ordinary terms means it is bouncing around its world, doing what it does. During this "operating," the organism encounters a special kind of stimulus, called a reinforcing stimulus, or simply a reinforcer.

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2.1 B.F SKINNER’S BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION MODEL (1953) B.F Skinner (1953) has done numerous work which are being used as basis of many researchers and studies carried out to this day. His well-known theory on behaviour modification model is used to shape desired behaviour. It consists of the restructuring of the environment so that undesired behaviour is eliminated. According to Khine, Lourdusamy, Quek and Angela (2005), Skinner’s behaviour modification uses the principal of reinforcement whereby reinforces are stimulus event which may be used to increase the likelihood of the desired behaviour being displayed.

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