Educational History
I believe the role of the teacher is to
I am from Corona, California where I
attended Promenade Elementary
School, Villegas Middle School, and La
Sierra High School. Education was
always emphasized in my family, so I
always put forth my best effort in
school. I got straight A's in middle
school and took the available honors
classes. In high school, I was on my
school's tennis team, got A's and B's,
took AP classes, and graduated in 2015
as a valedictorian.
Professional goals
After I graduate from Brigham Young
University – Idaho with my bachelor's
degree in child development, I hope to
start working with children. I am
uncertain now of what I want to do
with my degree exactly, but I have been
considering becoming a child life
specialist and working in hospitals to
help children cope with their illness or
with the illness of their parent(s).
“Children are not a distraction
from more important work.
They are the most important
work.” -C.S. Lewis
Role of Teacher
The role of the curriculum is to help the
encourage children to actively
participate in their learning and help
them develop a disposition for learning.
They should allow the children the
ability for exploration as they develop
and help the children feel comfortable
in the classroom. The teacher should
have a good communication with their
students and the parents to help their
children get the most out of their
educational experience.
"Children are like tiny flowers:
They are varied and need care,
but each is beautiful alone and
glorious when seen in the
community of peers." - Friedrich
Frobel
Role of Student
I believe the role of the student is to
learn. The student should learn about
themselves so that they can know how
they learn best and what they want to
learn and when they are ready to learn
it. They should be actively
participating within their environment
so they can grow and develop.
“If you can't read, it's going to be hard
to realize dreams” -Booker T.
Washington
Role of Curriculum
children get the most of what they are
learn. It should be within the zone of
proximal development so that they
child can be instructed and shown
how/what to do and then be able to do
it on their own or with little assistance.
The role of the curriculum should also
be to help educate the whole child.
Appropriate classroom
environment
The classroom should be set up in a
way that allows children to be
interested but not overstimulated.
Their art should be set up at their eye
level and they should have different
areas to learn and play. Loud areas,
like a dramatic play area, should be
separate from a quiet area, like a
reading area. The classroom should
also be an environment where the
children are comfortable to be
themselves, talk to the teacher, interact
with their fellow students, and share
their thoughts and feelings.
My methodology/
Pedagogy
I believe that my educational
philosophy is a mixture of the beliefs of
many of the educational greats. I
believe, like John Dewey, that we
should teach an integrated curriculum
so that children can learn the
importance of things in more than one
way or subject. I also believe, that we
should educate the whole child through
head, heart, and hand like Johann
Pestalozzi and Booker T. Washington,
and that each child is different and
requires different care and methods for
teaching, like Friedrich Froebel. I
believe, like Maria Montessort, that
children should be educated in
preparation for life. I believe, like
Thomas Jefferson, that everybody
should be educated and be able to
receive an education.
We need to let children be children,
and not pressure them into formal
learning if they are not ready because
they learn from exploration, from their
peers/ those who they socialize with,
and from experience.
“The spontaneous power of the
child, his demand for self-
expression, can not by any
possibility be suppressed.” -John
Dewey
Religious Ties to
Education
Today, the Church is still encouraging
education as it did during Christ's time.
As a young woman, I remember many
lessons about being educated and the
importance of it. We young women are
told that although we may hope to be
blessed with the responsibility of
motherhood someday, we should get an
Philosophy
of
education and get a degree so that we
can help our family and be prepared in
case the worst were to happen.
In Doctrine and Covenants 6:7 it
states, “Seek not for riches but for
wisdom, and behold, the mysteries of
God shall be unfolded unto you, and
Education
then shall you be made rich. Behold, he
that hath eternal life is rich.” The Lord
has placed great importance on
education and encourages us to get as
much of a secular education as we can
and to get the best education possible,
and to also be educated in the word of
God. When Christ was on the earth, He
was always teaching and trying to
educate His followers, and the Lauren Fry
Pharisees. ED202