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TPN2602 Assignment 01 [100%]
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- University Of South Africa (Unisa)
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TPN2603 STUDENT NO.:UNIQUE NO.: 787642 DUE DATE: 15/04/2020
1. MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY:
Once, while I was browsing around on the internet, I came across a quote that said,
“If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.”
This specific quote by Ignacio Estrada represents my own personal teaching
philosophy. Teaching and education are not one size fits all. My teaching philosophy
is grounded in the idea that students’ minds are not empty vessels waiting to be filled
with knowledge. Each learner brings their own particular brand of genius to the
classroom, and my most important job, as a teacher, is to discover and empower that
genius.
The prospect of becoming a teacher has never been doubtful to me, I’ve always
known that I have a passion for working with other people – specifically children –
even more specifically teenagers. I feel especially connected with children between
the ages of 13 and 16.
My own time in school, especially my teenager years, proved to be very frustrating
due to the lack of communication (and a lack of understanding) between student and
teacher. I found that doing self-study was more often than not more insightful than
asking a teacher for a further explanation. In becoming a teacher, I want to remind
the education world that teaching is a passion, not a pay check. I enjoy being a part
of the learning experience, and to help students understand that with knowledge
comes power. It also brings me great pleasure to have children (especially
teenagers) feel comfortable around me, feeling free to ask questions and to take part
in classroom activities. School shouldn’t be a pain in the neck. I want to show
learners that learning and having a passion for something can be fun.
I’ve always had a natural affinity with languages, English and literature specifically. It
brings me great pleasure to influence others to develop a love and – dare I say – a
passion for languages. To confront the confusion around commas, put an end to
puzzling parenthesis and stop the struggle with spelling.
It is my own personal opinion that the best way to gain new knowledge is to use as
many of the human senses simultaneously as possible.
I strongly believe in the aspects of interactive classrooms. A learner must physically
and mentally partake in what is being taught in the classroom. You see something
interactive (be it a slideshow or whatever the teacher is writing on the board), write it
down and make notes, listen to what the teacher says and finally ask questions.
(Now you only have to smell knowledge and all 5 senses would be included in the
learning process.)
Asking learners questions and relating the knowledge to real-life instances makes the
lessons you teach more memorable.
Being a teacher might be one of the most thankless professions there is, but you
don’t become a teacher because you want acceptance from others, you teach
because you want to inspire tomorrow's world leaders, because you are passionate
about developing the self-confidence of every student in your classroom and
because you believe in the potential of every single person. In the time of a teaching
practice, a seasoned teacher told me, “Without teachers, there’d be no doctors or
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