FORMULATING YOUR PHILOSOPHY

OF EDUCATION
A teaching philosophy is a self-reflective
statement of your beliefs about teaching and
learning. Your teaching philosophy should
discuss how you put your beliefs into practice
by including concrete examples of what you do
or anticipate doing in the classroom.
Your philosophy of education is your
“window” to the world and
“compass” in life.
What does a philosophy of education
contain or include?
•The human person, the learner in
particular and the educated person

•What is true and good and therefore

must be taught

•How a learner must be taught in order to

come close to the truth
What is your philosophy of education if
you are a grade school teacher?
I believe that every child

•Has a natural interest in learning and is

capable of learning

•Is an embodied spirit

•Can be influenced but not totally by

his/her environment
•is unique and so comparing a child to
other children has no basis

•does not have empty mind, rather is full

of ideas and is y task to draw out these
ideas
As grade school teacher I believe that there
are unchanging values in changing times
and these must be passed onto every
child by my modeling, value inculcation
and value integration in my lesson
What is your task if you are a grade
school teacher?
I believe that my task as a teacher is to
facilitate the development of every child to
the optimum and to the maximum by:

• reaching out to all children without bias

and prejudice towards the “least” of the
children.
• Making every child feel good and confident
about him/ herself through his/her experiences
of success in the classroom

• Helping every child to master the basic skill of

reading, communicating and other skills.
• Teaching my subject matter with mastery so
that every child will use his/her basic skills to
continue acquiring knowledge, skills and
values for him/her to go beyond basic literacy
and basic numeracy
• Inculcating or integrating the unchanging
values of respect, honesty, love and care for
others regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality,
appearance and economic status in my lesson
• Strengthening the value formation of every
child through “hands-on-minds-on-hearts-on”
experiences inside and outside the classroom
 “Greatest Love of All”

The children are our future. Teach them well

and let them lead way. Show them all the
beauty they possess inside. Give them a sense
of pride and to make it easier let the children's
laughter remind us how we used to be.
REFLECT ON YOUR OWN PHILOSOPHY USING
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1. With that educational philosophy
• How will you treat your students?
• What will you teach?
• How will you teach?
2. From which philosophies that you have studied
did you draw your inspiration as you
formulated your own philosophy of education?
Why?