Ken Ferreira Professor Purvin Education Field Experience EDUC 230 Spring 2013 Teaching Philosophy Over the

course of my academic career, I have put a lot of thought into an efficient strategy to help my future students learn and retain course work. During these years in my academic career, I remember teachers who did not necessarily lecture the entire period, thus, letting the students work at their own comfortable speed. For example, in high school, I had a science teacher who let us construct our own work, followed by teaching other students on the material we had just reviewed. This approach induced students to break down subject matter and really get engaged with the material at-hand. During my experience in service learning, I had seen teaching techniques and approaches that I found to be quite remarkable. It was my second class that I was attending, and the teacher had an approach that deterred the class from sitting through long lectures; but instead, had them work at their own speed and develop a better understanding by going through an agenda that was constructed by the teacher. This agenda contains all the information within the topic that they are studying which was extracted from the subjects textbook. This agenda also contains all of the vocabulary necessary, which is conducive for the best possible understanding of whomever is attending the class. I found this approach, of constructing an agenda, to be more modern and ultimately more efficient.

As an advocate of independence among the students and as a future educator who wants nothing more than students to express individuality; Existentialism, defined from TEACH, is one that allows students to choose their own course of study as part of their effort to figure out their place in the world and the meaning of their lives., is what Im in favor for. It is this philosophy that will compel students to strive for the best and reach their goals, rather than simply paraphrasing a regurgitated lecture to the best of their ability. If someone were to step inside my future classroom, they would be enthralled by the amount of projects, student achievements, and posters of encouragement among the walls and around the room. I feel it is necessary to promote a feeling of importance and encouragement throughout the learning environment. Furthermore, the visitor would then be serenaded by the sounds of students collaborating amongst themselves during the vigorous completion of course work. The atmosphere of my classroom will be tranquil, adaptive, diverse; and most of all, interesting. My class will have a strong sense of rapport, which will be on a more emotional level. In pursuing a career in teaching, what I look forward to most would be the sheer fact that I am having a impact on someones early educational career. The motivation of the class is a important aspect of teaching; motivation is something I wish I had with my early educational history, If I could help motivate at least a handful of misguided students throughout my teaching career, I would be satisfied.

Sources Koch, J. (2012). TEACH Student Edition (pp. 57-60). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth