Philosophy of Education

Learning is a right for every person in the world. People learn in different ways. Teaching
children is a difficult job because the teacher needs to be creative in teaching kids. One of the
most effective ways to teach children is modeling. Modeling is a fun strategy to teach the
students and based on my experience in the TP, students love and enjoy this strategy. To teach
the student a new concept the teacher should start by modeling for the students and then the
students should copy the teacher.

I believe that the teacher's role in the classroom is to support the students and help them
understand, not to lecture the students for a long time until they get bored. The teacher will
model for the students and then give them simple tasks to make sure that they understood the
lesson. 

One of the most important roles for the teacher is to motivate students to learn. In many schools,
they use the dojo points to motivate the students to learn. Whenever the child will reach more
than 20 points he/she will get a gift. It depends on the teacher and her way of using positive
reinforcement. Class Dojo points also help the teacher manage the classroom easily. On this TP,
my MST used Class Dojo to motivate students to work. This Class Dojo worked smoothly with
students and effectively.  

Whenever I teach a lesson, I like to use positive reinforcement to motivate students. In many of
my observations, I used Class Dojo to manage the student’s behaviors, motivate them, and to
give points to students who follow my lead. I found out the students will listen to the teacher
better when they are rewarded even with simple things like praising them (Cherry,2019)

Whenever the teacher wants the students to stop playing and go back to their places she will
switch on the data show and open the Class Dojo page. The teacher will give points to the
students who are sitting quietly in their places. This technique works great to make the students
stop talking and sit in their places. My teacher used the Skinner theory of operant conditioning.
Operant conditioning is divided into two categories punishments and reinforcement. Skinner
believes that you can change one behavior by using reinforcement or punishment which is given
after a response. Skinner focused on motivation (Mcleod,2018). 

I found out that the students perform better in a positive learning environment. That’s why as a
teacher we should promote a positive environment by using positive reinforcement in our
classrooms. Positive reinforcement is an effective learning tool to motivate students to increase
certain behaviors. It can be by praising the learners or using ClassDojo or using a behavior chart.
According to Kaufman & Sandilos (2010) believe that teachers should build a good relationship
with their students because students who feel connected to their teachers tend to have good
behavior records and better grades.

  
I think as a future teacher I should promote a positive classroom environment, so I can motivate
students to perform their best work. My goal is to always use positive reinforcement in the
classroom as a tool for teaching. 

Reference: 

1. B.F. Skinner. (2016, January 20). Retrieved Nov 28, 2018, from
https://www.biography.com/people/bf-skinner-9485671

2. Cherry, K. (2019, November 29). Positive Reinforcement Can Help Favorable Behaviors.
Retrieved April 5, 2020, from https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-positive-
reinforcement-2795412

3. Kaufman, S. R., & Sandilos, L. (2010). Improving Students' Relationships with Teachers
to Provide Essential Supports for Learning. Retrieved May 5, 2020, from
https://www.apa.org/education/k12/relationships

4. Mcleod, S. (2018). Skinner - Operant Conditioning. Retrieved May 6, 2020, from

https://www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html