Reyna Vaca

Professor Robert Wolfe

ETEC 424 01W

July 12, 2020

My Education Philosophy

“The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.” - B.B. King.

This by far is one of my favorite true to heart quotes! In life, we lose many things for many

different reasons. However, something we learn is in our heart and stays in our head and brain

forever. Especially when those learning experiences are meaningful and were acquired through

teachers who care about their students and their overall accomplishments.

With the current situation we are facing, most of us have had the need to use previously

learned skills and activate prior knowledge to build onto new skills and knowledge. Imagine that

someone somehow took, stoled, or removed our knowledge and intelligence that we have

acquired over the years through education and previous experiences. How would we have

adjusted to our current situation?

These current events are experiences that we all will learn from and will use to best

accommodate our future learning. These experiences will be in our minds forever! It is essential

that educators be lifelong learners and motivators who model learning and encourage students to

learn and help them reach their full potential.

In order to encourage our students to achieve their full potential, educators must be

diligent advocates for teaching and learning. Educators must work together and learn to walk in

their students shoes. We can not just assume that students are learning or that students are not

capable of learning. We can not be close minded towards any of our students and their success.
We as educators, must be open minded and open to diverse perspectives or situations, as well as

open to diverse student populations.

Our students should feel safe and comfortable in our classroom. We should provide and

teach lifelong learning experiences to our students! If these learning experiences are engaging,

fun, hand on, real world experiences and serve the purpose of learning, then our students will

have the opportunity of a learning experience that nobody will take away from them!

I believe it is important to welcome diversity in our schools and to learn from other

cultures and backgrounds. By allowing students to learn from other peers and from other

cultures, students will be able to travel to places without the need of going miles away. As a

future educator, I want to make sure that my students feel welcome in our classroom community

and feel safe. I want them to learn about their friends' culture in order to better be acquainted and

therefore, work collaboratively and together learn and engage in meaningful hands-on activities.

If students feel comfortable, welcomed, and respect each other's diverse backgrounds then

together they will create unforgettable learning experiences!

I have always shown empathy for ALL students. I believe you do not need to have had

either a great or a terrible school experience, in order to provide a great school experience. It is

all in your heart and the empathy you have towards others. Oftentimes, people are selfish and

maybe fed up with teaching. However, we should always remember that our students may only

have school to feel safe, and school may be the only place they look forward to being. Therefore,

it is our obligation to give it our 1000% at providing the safest and most fruitful learning

experiences for ALL students! If we as educators do not care, do not have empathy, or remember

our purpose (in this case the overall wellbeing and achievement of our students), then we should

rethink our purpose and not do a disservice to our future leaders!