Cassandra Wray

Chuck Bonjour

InTASC Standard

1.2 Philosophy of Teaching

1. Write a statement of your philosophy of education addressing the following questions:

Why should there be formal systems of education? What should they accomplish? What

is your place within that system?

Formal education is completely necessary for the United States. Most of the bad decisions here

are made due to lack of knowledge. Formal education is needed to logically bring children up

with common sense. I want to fit into this system as a teacher to help raise children with the

knowledge to be successful educated adults.

2. Now talk to several of your classmates. In addition to the first two questions in item 1,

ask them what they think a teachers responsibility is within formal education.

Some of my peers also think formal education is needed because without it so many people in

the United States would be uneducated and we couldnt function as a country.

3. Interview one or two teachers as you did with you classmates in item 2.

The teacher asked doesnt have a set philosophy but makes changes to the base for every

class and group of students.

4. Compare your original philosophy statement with what you have found from your friends

and teachers. How do their perspectives relate to you own?

My philosophy relates in the way that many of us feel we need formal education to benefit the

country as a whole in the long run because all governing and working adults went through the

education system.