Educational Philosophy

As a new graduate student with no teaching experience, I have only my personal experience and observations from which to create an educational philosophy. I believe that each child has a different style of learning and that my job as an educator is to meet the needs of all my students. I believe that each student goes through the same basic ordering from concrete to semi concrete to abstract in conceptualizing ideas; my job is to present lessons in a relevant manner so that the material is presented in an appropriate manner for each student. I recognize that there is no one way to learn nor is there only one way to teach, rather there are a range of effective teaching methods to be employed to ensure th...