My core beliefs about education will be evident as I would put forth effort to create meaningful and stimulating classrooms and to help my students prepare for their future. I believe the purpose of education is to give students a foundation of basic knowledge, a range of real world skills, and equally important, a desire to learn them.  This knowledge and these skills help students in the future to live successful, content lives and be meaningful and responsible members of society. Education should be presented in a way that is worthwhile in the eyes of the students to give them motivation and an appreciation of learning.  My greatest desire as an educator is to help each one of my students grow by making learning fun and important to them.

        Education which teaches a variety of subjects to all students is beneficial for a student’s growth.  To graduate college I need numerous credits in history, math, science, English, and others outside my major.  Through these classes I have become well rounded with the ability to look at the world at different perspectives and have a better understanding of society as a whole.    K-12 schools should also have a requirement of general education in a variety of subjects.  Students with a well rounded knowledge are able to see the world as more of a whole, because they have experienced a little part of it all.  This variety of subjects also leads students to discover what they enjoy and what direction they want to explore later in life.

        A variety of subjects also allow schools to teach a variety of life important skills.  In a history classroom, critical thinking skills can be exercised by leading students to debate and argue on the different reasons why the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Japan.  In a science classroom, problem solving skills could be exercised by leading the students to design an experiment to prove that force equals the product of mass and acceleration.  Skills such as these and, writing, public speaking, team work, social skills give meaning and life to the subjects being taught.  I feel social skills are especially important to gain experience in the classroom, because all of life is all about interacting with others and building relationships with others. Having a vast knowledge in the subject of literature is useless in life if you do not have any skills to critically think or communicate ideas though writing or speaking.  In the same way possessing the life skills are useless if you do not have any knowledge to base it on.  I feel education must be an equal combination of teaching information and life skills.

        Classrooms, having this content, that are presented in a way which apply to the students, have exciting variety, and are fun, motivate students to learn.  I think education really lacks if students do not want to be there.  The classrooms environment should be exciting with a wide variety of stimulating teaching methods.  I think part of good education is time where the teacher directly and efficiently presents information, and also time where the students are learning together in groups, discovering information, and teaching themselves.  Teachers must make the material and skills learned in the class a value to the students.  I want to make my classrooms fun, with different teaching methods, and relevant to my students’ lives, and I myself want to be always excited about what I am teaching.  These things will motivate my students and help them want to be in school and want to learn.

        One important thing I always want to keep in mind is that every student who comes into the classroom is unique with different strengths and weaknesses, likes and dislikes.  All students learn a little differently; therefore educators must adjust and supplement their methods to help individual students. All students are capable of learning.  As a physics teacher I want to spark a greater curiosity of science to everyone, even those who dislike science.

        Through my experience, I learned most effectively and valued my learning when classrooms were fun, with a variety of experiences, and seemed relevant and purposeful to my life.  My teachers of these classes were always excited about what they were teaching and did their best to help each student learn and grow with necessary life skills.  Good teachers are what really makes good education and I believe teachers who implement this philosophy of education will most benefit students in preparing them for life, and creating a responsible society filled with well educated people.


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