Blog post 3: My Teaching Platform Madison Morris: Preservice

- What is the purpose of schooling?

The purpose of schooling is to teach young minds not only academically but as adults that will be significant and needed in society on day. Schooling should be a journey of gaining perception and wisdom and education and life.

- What is your image of the learner?

The image I choose for my students is looking at them as if they are a teacher to me as well. I want my students to teach me about themselves and show me what they can do as my students. I like this idea because it will allow my students to trust me and not feel in superior to me.

- What should be nature and substance of student work?

Students should not only be gaining knowledge academically but as a person in society as well. Students should be interacting with classmates and in groups to learn about other peoples and themselves. In my opinion, you learn about yourself a significant amount when surrounded by other people’s ideas because you can grow as learner together, not apart.

- What is your image of the teacher?

A teacher is not only someone who teaches you lessons in math or English or whatever you may be learning, a teacher is also someone to look up to and trust as well as someone who helps you be the best possible version of yourself. A teacher should try to relate with their students to create a personal bond.

- What is your image of the curriculum?

Curriculum should be something that push students to meet their full potential when it comes to learning, but not drive them away from it. Curriculum should be an even balance between challenging and pleasurable. Students should set goals separately and as a classroom that way they can feel they are working together

- What is preferred pedology?

My preferred pedology as a future teacher would be inquiry-oriented because each student should feel permissible to include their thoughts and ideas to allow them to feel successful and worthy of their own ideas. Having a discipline centered classroom can close students off and disengage students from effective learning.

- What is preferred school climate?

A preferred school climate would be positive and healthy classroom with students that are comfortable with their peers and instructor. When trust and positivity are elements used in a classroom it makes learning effective.

- What is the social significance of the student’s learning?

The social significance of a student’s learning is to gain knowledge of not only one self but of each other and the students peers. When you have a student learn not about themselves but the people around them it creates a prosperous classroom. A student’s learning has a lot to do with their success in society which is why creating a classroom to make students better learners and people is important