I believe education is one of the most important tools a person can have in life. Education is the process of preparing a student for their future. Education teaches a student how to think, rather than telling them what to think. It cultivates the mind of the individual student by using a variety of different teaching strategies and methods. Education helps an individual acquire social skills necessary to function in the classroom, school, community and the world. I believe that education develops a student’s creative thinking skills and imagination. I have taught children in preschool, kindergarten and with special needs in several schools for over ten years. It has been my passion to help each child discover their individual gifts and talents …show more content…
I believe that a good teacher is always evaluating and tweaking his or her philosophy based on the needs of the students that come into their classroom on a given school year. As I went through this class and learned about the different teaching philosophies, I feel my beliefs on education are most closely aligned with the constructivist approach to teaching and learning. I say this because I believe that students learn best when they are able to make connections in their learning with past and present experiences. When students are able to “tie in” new information with information that they have already acquired, it gives the information relevance and leads to a deeper understanding and internalization of that …show more content…
Since the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law took effect in 2002, it has had a great impact on U.S. public school classrooms. The No Child Left Behind dramatically increases the role of the federal government in guaranteeing the quality of pubic education for all children in the United States with an emphasis on increased funding for poor school districts, higher achievement for poor and minority students, and new measures to hold schools accountable for their students’ progress and in the process dramatically expands the role of standardized testing in American public education, requiring that students in grade 3 through 8 be tested every year in reading and