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Runyon Tag Philosophy Revised
Runyon Tag Philosophy Revised
Runyon Tag Philosophy Revised
Teaching Philosophy
March 3, 2016
students will also use a project in the classroom and take it a step further.
Students will become self-directed learners and initiate projects that interest
them, as well as go deeper into projects that the teacher chooses. In the
Curriculum and Strategies class, I learned many different types of lessons
that challenge students, such as Graduated Difficulty that allows students to
assess and challenge themselves at their own level and pace, Creative
Problem Solving that enables students to use resources, make inferences,
and apply creative solutions to help solve real world issues, a Mystery Lesson
that provides students with two different opinions that they must analyze
with facts and research to come up for a conclusion, and many more. Along
with these types of lessons that will be used throughout different units,
students will be using strategies such as chunking material, research using
technology, and creating skits to deepen their knowledge and go a step
further. Students will be challenged to think in ways that do not come easy to
them to strengthen all of their intelligences and abilities. Also, I will
continuously assess each student on his or her ability by guiding instruction
towards their talent (i.e. art, creativity, math, etc) through individual and
small group instruction. As learned in the Characteristics of the Gifted
course, even within the classification as gifted there are many different
populations and groups of students.
A teacher plays a crucial role in teaching the gifted. Teachers must
continuously facilitate learning as opposed to directing learning of the
students. The teacher must continuously assess each student to make sure
he or she is appropriately challenged daily, while guiding, not coercing
students in order to develop life skills that students will apply in the
classroom, world, and their future career. A teacher must respect
individuality and personal integrity, as well as creativity and imagination in
all students. This will allow for a warm, safe, and democratic classroom
where all students are a part of a community.
My ultimate goal as a teacher of the gifted is to make sure I reach and
teach my students to their full potential. I will work every day to
appropriately challenge all students in the classroom by teaching them the
strategies to apply in the classroom and in the real world independently. I am
going to challenge myself through challenging my students and my goal is to
do this effectively daily. Ronald E. Osborn said, unless you try to do
something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow. I
will work to integrate this thinking in myself and my students.