Why I Should Be A Teacher - 1676 Words

For most of my life I have wanted to be a teacher. The biggest reason why I want to be a teacher is because I want to help students like my teachers have helped me. I was homeschooled until sixth grade, and once my parents put me into that school; I have wanted to become a teacher. Throughout my life, I have always enjoyed helping people. I always look for things that I can to do to help people and with teacher I can inspire students every day. I want to change my student’s lives, by teaching then to want to learn. I want them to have great characters and leave my classroom everyday having learned something new. Learning about each of the five philosophies has helped me understand how I can become a better teacher. The Purpose of Schools†¦show more content†¦Cultural transmission helps students understand the society and learn from what is around them. I believe that schools are important to have because it allows students to explore many different subjects and well as it allows them to grow into who they want to be. The Subject Matter There are five different types of teaching philosophies. Three of them, progressivism, social reconstructionism, and existentialism, are student-centered philosophies. While the other two, essentialism and perennialism are teacher-centered. Each of these philosophies has a different take on what should be taught in schools. Student-centered philosophies are more focused on teaching their students to understand how they can change the world. Progressivist’s curriculum focuses on being flexible and the subjects are molded to the needs of the students. Social reconstructionism curriculum focuses on social, political, and economic needs and subjects are taught to help students understand what are socially meaningful actions. Existentialism curriculum focuses one each students choosing their own direction and pace of their learning. These are the three student-centered philosophies and how they view the curriculum. Teacher-centered philosophies tend to emphasize the passing of knowledge, information, and skills form the older generation to the younger one. Essentialism curriculum focuses on the core classes, like math and science, and traditional American virtues. Perennialism curriculum