INTRODUCTION+AND+PHILOSOPHY+OF+EDUCATION

DOROTHY L. THOMAS INTRODUCTION AND PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

I believe that all children are teachable however most children have different learning styles. Institutions, whether they are early childhood, elementary, junior high or high school should be able to accomodate each child's needs through effective teachers. Teachers should be qualified, have excellent classroom management skills, concern for the students' well being, have high expectations of their students and be sensitive to the students' social and emotional needs. One component of education is diversity within the classroom and teachers now need to be in tune to cultural differences. These differences are the reasons why some children learn the way they do. Different countries teach subjects in various ways to children and research has shown that this accounts for why some students have strengths or weaknesses in subjects like math and sciences. Some children have a need to learn to speak English because their may be a language barrier. This is why there is a need for teachers that are bilingual. Family structures and dynamics are more complex now and these structures can have an affect on how students' learn or whether they learn. Society and educators are responsible for providing children with quqlified, competent (certified) teachers to provide the children an enviroment that they can grow and learn and become positive and productive members. I believe that technology should be integrated into a curriculum but not with overkill. I think that children should not be allowed to just sit at the computer for long periods of time without being monitored. Computer time and programs should be a part of the lesson plan with some type of structure and limits. Any program that is being used should be carefully selected by the teacher and have to do with whatever the "educational outline " calls for at least in my classroom. This is one way to successfully integrate computer technology into the curriculum.