Hi Everybody,
I have known about white privilidge and power for some time now,. I've read this article "McIntosh" years ago in a womens' study class. The multiccultural perspective I bring to the class is that I should educate myself to understand others cultures, then teach from that perspective. Once you understnd the culture it's pretty easy to teach from that point of knowledge. What's not easy is to not educate yourself, or stick your head in the sand and say they have to do what I say, they have to bend to my way of teaching. This is hard for the child. I will keep this in mind on a dalily basis and teach accordingly.
I woul dlike to be a teacher because I believe the children need my help in order to be educated. I shall seek out children from the ages of 6-10 anywhere in Albuquerque, I should be assigned.
My line of philosophy is at work ( I left it there by accident) so I have to do this another day.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Hi everybody, philog # 4
What are my core values and how will they guide me in my teaching practice? How are these values part of my identity. How does my race, ethnicity, background, life experences, and identity, influence my philosophy of education?
At my core I believe that people should be treated fairly and we should all live and let live. In my teaching practices this may be a hinderence because you are expected, in some cases,to almost teach kids about life and infer what they should embrace in the American culture, and what to ignore. At home they may not have much guidance and that is something that I'm not comfortable with, but I will be expecting. In my teaching practice, I will try to not impose anything about my beliefs and social expectancies on them, but it seems unlikely, that will happen, because, I'll be working so closely with them. On the other hand I don't think I have a right to impose my beliefs on them. Live and let live. Time will tell.
My race, ethnicity, and background as well as life experiences will absolutely influence my philosophy of education. I am at the age where I have definate expectations of how people should act in school and how my classroom culture will look. I haven't had enough experience yet to decide what kind of philosophy I have in the classroom. That remains to be seen as well. I hope to have a clear vision of exactly what philosophy I do have about teaching by the time this class is over.
At my core I believe that people should be treated fairly and we should all live and let live. In my teaching practices this may be a hinderence because you are expected, in some cases,to almost teach kids about life and infer what they should embrace in the American culture, and what to ignore. At home they may not have much guidance and that is something that I'm not comfortable with, but I will be expecting. In my teaching practice, I will try to not impose anything about my beliefs and social expectancies on them, but it seems unlikely, that will happen, because, I'll be working so closely with them. On the other hand I don't think I have a right to impose my beliefs on them. Live and let live. Time will tell.
My race, ethnicity, and background as well as life experiences will absolutely influence my philosophy of education. I am at the age where I have definate expectations of how people should act in school and how my classroom culture will look. I haven't had enough experience yet to decide what kind of philosophy I have in the classroom. That remains to be seen as well. I hope to have a clear vision of exactly what philosophy I do have about teaching by the time this class is over.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
philog #3 (the real one)
I wasn't able to get on blackboard to get the question to philog about but I gleaned it from my classmates. Hope I got all the questions right.
What does the phrase"an equal educational opportunity " mean to me.?
It means that children form all cultures, religions, and mental capabilities, have an opportunity to get a good education from my classes. No preconceived ideas about how much they're capable of, or how little.
What am I educating students to achieve?
To compete with other people form all over the world with the eduction they've gotten here in the U.S. They should be very savvy in math and english, especially. It seems to me that computers will be very prevalent in the 21st century and math and english seem to be very necessary in order to handle complex jobs involving computers.
What are my educational goals for my kids?
I want them to be able to compete with anybody in any other place in America or in the world for a job. I don't have any delusions that this will be easy. They will have to work twice as hard as their peers and excel in all areas. This means long hours, and before and after school help.
What methods will I use to attain these goals?
I am not sure what my teaching methods will be. That is what I hope to get out of these classes I'm taking now. I need to know more about which methods I like and will use in my class.
How will you take diverse students from all over, and engage them successfully, in learning challenging academic material?
I think that all children like to do fun things. If you make the learning fun as well as challenging, they will want to do well because they like it, they like the self satisfaction. There may be other things we will have to overcome in order to get to that point but one day at a time, one issue at a time.
What methods and strategies will I use to ensure that my students are all performing at an advanced level?
Again, I'm not sure of my methods yet, I'm hoping to learn my methods from these classes. I know that it will take more than there are hours in a typical school day. So, I'm thinking we will have to have some extra curricular activities. I hope I got all the questions covered. Jean Hart
What does the phrase"an equal educational opportunity " mean to me.?
It means that children form all cultures, religions, and mental capabilities, have an opportunity to get a good education from my classes. No preconceived ideas about how much they're capable of, or how little.
What am I educating students to achieve?
To compete with other people form all over the world with the eduction they've gotten here in the U.S. They should be very savvy in math and english, especially. It seems to me that computers will be very prevalent in the 21st century and math and english seem to be very necessary in order to handle complex jobs involving computers.
What are my educational goals for my kids?
I want them to be able to compete with anybody in any other place in America or in the world for a job. I don't have any delusions that this will be easy. They will have to work twice as hard as their peers and excel in all areas. This means long hours, and before and after school help.
What methods will I use to attain these goals?
I am not sure what my teaching methods will be. That is what I hope to get out of these classes I'm taking now. I need to know more about which methods I like and will use in my class.
How will you take diverse students from all over, and engage them successfully, in learning challenging academic material?
I think that all children like to do fun things. If you make the learning fun as well as challenging, they will want to do well because they like it, they like the self satisfaction. There may be other things we will have to overcome in order to get to that point but one day at a time, one issue at a time.
What methods and strategies will I use to ensure that my students are all performing at an advanced level?
Again, I'm not sure of my methods yet, I'm hoping to learn my methods from these classes. I know that it will take more than there are hours in a typical school day. So, I'm thinking we will have to have some extra curricular activities. I hope I got all the questions covered. Jean Hart
phlogg # 3
Hi Everyone,
I just realized that I can't philog about the topic this week because I don't know what the subject is. I can't get on blackboard from home to get the topic. Any suggestions? I'll comment on some of yours though. Jean
I just realized that I can't philog about the topic this week because I don't know what the subject is. I can't get on blackboard from home to get the topic. Any suggestions? I'll comment on some of yours though. Jean
Saturday, June 4, 2011
phlogg # 2
I haven't read the readings yet, so I can't comment on them. I believe that education should play a big role in our society because, we live in a more technologically advanced time than ever before. The children in the school system now, will probably live to be 100 years old. They need to support themselves longer and have to have a lot more tools of education than previous generations, that means a lot of school/ learning. I think children in our school system need to learn as much as possible, and then it's still debatable if they'll stay current with the changing technology within their lifetimes.
My beliefs and values align fairly well with the overall societal function of education. Educarion maintains social order and I think that's important. It now teaches character and that's important. It keeps kids in school at the same time their parernts are working, and that's important as well.
I define my role within the system as a keeper of the system, I keep the children busy learning and hopefully they grow up to be procuctive citizens, within their society.
The students are the reason we do what we do. They are the future keepers of the world. They need the best education they can get to do the best they can at running the world when we no longer around to teach them.
My philosophy incorporations peope of all cultures because that is the world we live in now, All people can contribute and run our society.
My beliefs and values align fairly well with the overall societal function of education. Educarion maintains social order and I think that's important. It now teaches character and that's important. It keeps kids in school at the same time their parernts are working, and that's important as well.
I define my role within the system as a keeper of the system, I keep the children busy learning and hopefully they grow up to be procuctive citizens, within their society.
The students are the reason we do what we do. They are the future keepers of the world. They need the best education they can get to do the best they can at running the world when we no longer around to teach them.
My philosophy incorporations peope of all cultures because that is the world we live in now, All people can contribute and run our society.
#1 phlogg
I can't believe I finally got on this. I might pass this class after all.
The major themes that describe my life as a student are; The fact that I had a lot of good teachers/instructors as I went through elementary, jr. high , and high school. I had many teachers who encouraged us to talk about current happenings in our society and that kept me coming back to school. I never wanted to miss day of school because I thought I would miss something, or I might be left out. I grew up during times of a lot of social unrest,such as; The Civil Rights Movement, Brown vs. Board of Education, The Viet Nam war, The assassinationof JFK and RFK, also the assassination of MLK, The resignation of Richard Nixon, Watergate, and many other socially trying times. Most of my teachers would encourage talking about these issues in class. That kept me interested in going to school, when I otherwise might have been bored. These discussions happened frequently, out of the blue. Our teachers invited and encouraged us to participate in meaningful and informative conversations. We would have very active conversations about what was happening in the world around us. Talks about Mohammad Ali and his sttements are the ones I remember most, and as the most controversial. I had a lot of open minded, liberal teachers who would go off the subject to discuss things that were on everyones mind, or things that affectedc a lot of us, in our daily lives. They also taught us the things necesssary to learn in the grade we were in, such as reading, writing, and arithmetic. I remember alway wanting to go to school because if I didn't, I might miss something. I thought school was great; especially after about nine years of age. I felt we were accomplishing good things there. I got to use my mind, and someone was listening to my opinion. We were addressing the worlds problems, and that made me feel good. I felt a part of a community, a society, as well as a part of a solution to the many problems and attitudes prevalent at the time.
The major themes that describe my life as a student are; The fact that I had a lot of good teachers/instructors as I went through elementary, jr. high , and high school. I had many teachers who encouraged us to talk about current happenings in our society and that kept me coming back to school. I never wanted to miss day of school because I thought I would miss something, or I might be left out. I grew up during times of a lot of social unrest,such as; The Civil Rights Movement, Brown vs. Board of Education, The Viet Nam war, The assassinationof JFK and RFK, also the assassination of MLK, The resignation of Richard Nixon, Watergate, and many other socially trying times. Most of my teachers would encourage talking about these issues in class. That kept me interested in going to school, when I otherwise might have been bored. These discussions happened frequently, out of the blue. Our teachers invited and encouraged us to participate in meaningful and informative conversations. We would have very active conversations about what was happening in the world around us. Talks about Mohammad Ali and his sttements are the ones I remember most, and as the most controversial. I had a lot of open minded, liberal teachers who would go off the subject to discuss things that were on everyones mind, or things that affectedc a lot of us, in our daily lives. They also taught us the things necesssary to learn in the grade we were in, such as reading, writing, and arithmetic. I remember alway wanting to go to school because if I didn't, I might miss something. I thought school was great; especially after about nine years of age. I felt we were accomplishing good things there. I got to use my mind, and someone was listening to my opinion. We were addressing the worlds problems, and that made me feel good. I felt a part of a community, a society, as well as a part of a solution to the many problems and attitudes prevalent at the time.
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