Personal Philosophy Project Essay

.....graduate student at the prestigious Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Michigan. While there, I was tutored by several professors, all of whom had their distinct teaching styles and methods and this diversity actually helped me. The major feature I loved about them and that I have adopted as a personal teaching style is just how open they were to working with their proteges. I have decided to also create similar chances for my students working with me. I would analyze my work to see if there are certain research subjects I intend to write that my students could work on and benefit from. Apart from the professional interaction, these professors also interacted with me on a personal level. They took me in and introduced me to their families, building a strong rapport between us. Even though it remained a professor-student relationship, we were friends in every sense of the word. My professors didn't have any reservations about combining their professional work and our personal relationships. This has really conditioned my stance about how I would like to relate with my students. I made up my mind that it was quite important to have both scholastic and personal relationships with my students. So now, my opinion on the topic of student relationship is that it's beneficial to be friendly and to promote collaboration. From experience, I have discovered that the school's faculty and its students coming together to discuss just what they expect from each other is a crucial move (Austin, 2012).

Diversity

I will ensure my students have proper knowledge and reverence for the issue of student variety and that they are well involved and participate regularly in class. I will also make sure my teaching style is comprehensive so that everyone can learn comfortably and without fear. I will equally have high regard for student diversity and make sure everyone's opinion and ideas are respected (UCF, 2014).

Educational Research

In a classroom, the major factor that tells just how efficient a lesson was, how much the students were able to learn and how beneficial this knowledge is to them is the level of creativity the teacher possesses i.e. how they are able to bring theoretical knowledge and real-life situations together in the classroom (Stafford, 2006). I will do my possible best to enhance educational study by backing schemes which grants scholarships to students or provides opportunities for them to do their research on their interested topic.

Community Learning

Ensuring the students' families as well as the community itself is carried along on activities is an important feature of an effective school (O'Brian, 2012). My idea of learning as a teacher is by taking raw people from the community and returning them as highly trained students. We need to let the students know that the community is a testing ground where they are meant to utilize the knowledge and skills that learned in school. Most of the community people are excited at the idea of learning. This is a hugely beneficial situation as the children are imbued with real world knowledge and look up to the community people as their perfect examples while the community members are awed at the children's intellect and skills and are convinced of a brighter future with the children leading them there (Holtschlag, 2010).

Personal Reflection

Certain teachers always set up their lectures so as to maximize meditation among students and this helps them to understand what they are being taught. I'll teach in a well-structured way so that my students flow along and create meaning of their own from the knowledge I'm imparting. In order to help them meditate better, I will assume a role I have called "facilitator of meaning…