Essays on Personal Philosophy

Teaching is not a career for everyone. To be a teacher, one must exhibit patience, passion, and dedication to the craft. If you find that you do not have these three qualities, then you need to rethink becoming an educator. Teaching young minds is not...

“Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand. ” – Old Native Americans proverb Learning is a constant process that is happening in our lives. Hence, my teaching philosophy is a statement of views developed through...

Teaching is my passion and I always try to do my best as a teacher. I consider myself a very passionate person for the things I do, but especially for teaching which has always been my way of helping others reach knowledge. Since I was...

The heart of my philosophy lies in the power of dance and movement and the connection between that and personal wellness. I am drawn to the rewards and challenges of teaching because I live to see students exceed not only expectations, but theirs as well....

In general I believe that an effective teacher must have a thorough understanding of the subject she/he teaches, as well as underlying pedagogical theories. A teacher must be able to make good selections about what to teach and how to structure and organize the material,...

While metaphysics aims to explain the notions between the physical and intellectual world, philosophers such as Heraclitus and Parmenides introduced two different notions about the nature of being. How may it be that two great minds arrive at two such different notions? While Parmenides and...

When I first began my journey in education, my teaching philosophy was about using certain concepts like progressivism and existentialism. My philosophy still contains those ideas; however, I have learned over the last eleven years that my teaching philosophy is not about using certain terms,...