Editorial

Planning education, building the future…
The education of a child would serve as the
foundation to their lifelong learning. Since I
have learned that every child is unique, I believe that there should be a philosophy where
it combines different types of theorists to
make an environment where is safe and free
to learn. Education is a simple word, but analyzing this word is more profound because it
can last forever in their lives of the students.
There will be different philosophies of education in this paper that will be discussed.
Every philosophy perspectives that teachers have chosen for the students it is important because it can depends on their teaching
strengths and effectiveness.
As teachers our primary concern should be the
students and what type of learning environment will be best suited to meet their needs.
There are many different opinions as top what
the most effective or appropriate curriculum
is for the students. I do not believe there is
any one philosophy that can provide the ideal
curriculum for each and every student. Just
as there are numerous methods of teaching,
there are also numerous ways to learn. It is
essential that we keep this in mind as we help
the students achieve their goals and discover
their talents. Above all we must encourage
the students to try new things and do what we
can to prevent limiting them in any way.
I think that many of the schools today merely try to prepare the students to move on to
college and by doing so exclude the students
who are gifted with other abilities that are
equally important and useful in society, even
though those talents may not necessarily be
something that can be refined through a traditional three year college.
As a future teacher, I very strongly believe
that students need to be shown practical applications of the concepts they are taught.
As teachers we need to not just show how to
work through a problem: we need to show
why it works and what it is useful for. Without something to apply the information to
math is nothing more than a stream of numbers and formulas that students memorize
for a specific test and then quickly forget. By
demonstrating specific examples of applications the students will be able to retain some
of the information easier and then adapt what
they learn to other problems they encounter
in the future.
The purpose of education is to prepare the
children of today to be productive citizens
of our world tomorrow. School serves as an
important tool to prepare students to be independent thinkers, to develop skills that will
help them in life and in the end to use these
skills to be productive in their environment
and hopefully change it for the best.