Teaching Philosophy A Child s Development Of Their...

Teaching Philosophy: A child’s development of their potential is greatly dependant on the ability of the teacher to recognise and perceive a child’s possibilities, to stimulate their learning and intellectual capacities, to thereby make a child’s underlying potential a reality. The commitment to my teaching will be underlined through links reflecting Rudolf Dreikurs Goal Centred Theory. Meeting student’s needs will be a crucial part of the everyday routines of my classroom. I want student’s to feel comfortable with their peers, to participate in meaningful classroom interactions and discussions so that they can learn from each other as well as myself. My attitude towards the class will be one that reflects a democratic and equitable†¦show more content†¦Motivation will be exuberated through Adolf Dreikurs (1998) reference to Alfred Adler’s concept of â€Å"Social Interest† or the feeling of belonging in society. I want a student’s potential for learning to be enhanced through the product of mutual respect and the opportunities presented with the sense of equality and responsibility acknowledged through decision making. Preventative Strategies: Classroom Culture: Rules and Procedures Teachers who incorporate the use of effective classroom management procedures promote independent learning and a greater success for their students in classrooms that are orderly, pleasant and productive (Rademacher, Callahan and Pederson-Seelye, 1998). Establishing routines that help to manage time, instruction, materials and student behaviour is essential to increasing student involvement across all areas of their learning. My approaches to creating rules for classroom are aligned with Dreikurs Goal centred Theory where facilitating mutual respect and understanding about rules, procedures and responses to misbehaviour is fostered. As Richard Curwin and Allen Mendler (1988) demonstrate in their research there is a great importance of student input in the establishment of classroom rules and procedures which should be viewed as a contract between the two. I would like to create a classroom constitution for any inconsistency in behaviour where students can be involved in the making of rules as