Philosophy 1

Running Head: PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT OF EDUCATION

Philosophy Statement
Beatriz Nava
Instructor: Dr. Egbert
EDUC 201: Foundations of Education, 1:00

















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As I prepared dinner, I knew I had to have some chips from the day before. I knew that
my family would appreciate some salsa for their chips, so I decided to make some salsa. I opened
my fridge and grabbed my ingredients. I went to the counter and I pulled my blender out. I put
all my ingredients in my blender, and I noticed that my blender had a lot of buttons to push to
make different kinds of salsas. I pushed a button of my choices and my salsa came out perfect
just the way I want it.
I believe that a student is like a blender with many buttons to push. A blender can make
many jobs with those buttons. A student has a lot of buttons to activate such as: a brain, heart,
feelings, motivations, expectations, and dreams. Just as a blender, which is ready to perform a
task, a student is waiting for someone to active those buttons. In this case, that someone is a
teacher, who knows that it is essential to raise good citizen to fulfill today's society needs; just as
I knew that my family would need salsa for their chips.
The teachers have the freedom to choose their own teaching style to fulfill their students
needs. The teacher may use all kinds of philosophies and theories to design their own way of
teaching. These philosophies have had a great deal to say to educators. I saw that I had a variety
of ingredients that I could use to make the best salsa. The same way teachers have a lot of
philosophies and theories to make the best of every student. At school, teachers will be teaching
students from all different backgrounds; therefore they may integrate different kinds of
philosophies to fulfill the different needs. Idealism and realism would be used to teach students
the reality to have an education to have good pay jobs. Perennialism and Essentialism would be
used to teach students values and skills that will help them be successful in life.
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In my opinion all of the theories and philosophies are good influences to teaching. A
teacher should not stick to only one, but use all of them to introduce their lessons to different
students own learning style. Information processing and behaviorism are my two strong
philosophies. I strongly believe that a student learns by observing and imitating others. Students
are the makers of their own way of learning, and a teacher should use different techniques like
pictures, symbols, processing, body language, and environment to deliver the right message.
The students being the blender they are ready to receive an order or a message to perform
an activity. When we push the right button in the blender we will obtain our milkshake, salsa,
smoothie, sauce, and crushed ice. Once the right ingredient is in the blender and I push the right
button then I can enjoy a delicious salsa. Once the teacher has put the right ingredients in the
students heart, and pushes the right button, then the teacher can be proud of his/her work when
he/she sees a doctors, nurses, dentists, lawyers, teacher, and scientists.
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Reference Page
Ryan, Kevin, and James M. Cooper. Those Who Can Teach. 13th ed. N.p.: WADSWORTH,
2010. Print.