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Edu 203 Post Philosophy Statement

1) The author's educational philosophy has shifted from existentialism to progressivism based on their special education course. Progressivism focuses on the individual child and recognizes that different teaching strategies are needed for different students. 2) As a special education teacher, it is important to listen to students, understand their thinking, and make them feel comfortable asking questions. Special education students often need more help than general education students. 3) The author believes pull-out programs that provide both general education and specialized small group instruction are most effective for special education students. Patient teachers with knowledge of resources and strategies are crucial to helping these students learn and feel included.

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Edu 203 Post Philosophy Statement

1) The author's educational philosophy has shifted from existentialism to progressivism based on their special education course. Progressivism focuses on the individual child and recognizes that different teaching strategies are needed for different students. 2) As a special education teacher, it is important to listen to students, understand their thinking, and make them feel comfortable asking questions. Special education students often need more help than general education students. 3) The author believes pull-out programs that provide both general education and specialized small group instruction are most effective for special education students. Patient teachers with knowledge of resources and strategies are crucial to helping these students learn and feel included.

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Topics covered

  • student participation,
  • special needs education,
  • classroom dynamics,
  • special education,
  • teacher dedication,
  • student success,
  • learning challenges,
  • learning environment,
  • teacher-student relationship,
  • educational practices

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Post- Philosophy

Alyssa Collins

EDU 203

03/15/2019

Dr. Warby
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Post- Philosophy

Taking this special education course, I believe my educational philosophy is progressivism. I see

not that sometimes children cannot work on their own and they do need help. Progressivists

believe that education should focus on the child. In special education that are many different

types of students and we need to be able to know all of the students. One teaching strategy is not

going to work for all students. Teachers need to be able to be flexible in realizing that.

Teachers should be able to listen to their students and understand how they are thinking.

Students are required to use critical thinking in school. Some special education children cannot

do that because of their disabilities. The students need to know it is okay if they ask questions.

Asking questions is only going to make them stronger learners. My philosophy before was based

on existentialism. Existentialism focuses mainly on independence. Although we all want our

students to be independent, special education is different from general education.

General education we teach the students to be free and work on their own. In special

education, the students are going to need a lot more help. As teachers, we need to show the

students that we will always be there for them in the classroom. Working in large groups will

sometimes help special needs students better than working alone.

The role of a special education teacher is to teach the students to the best of their ability.

A student can only handle so much at one time. A special education teacher needs to have a

certain tenderness towards the students because most of the time they do not know they are doing

anything wrong. The role of a special education teacher is to teach the students that are gifted

and talented. Sometimes special needs students can be looked down on. The role of a special

education teacher is to show students that they are special and can be just as smart as anyone

else.
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Post- Philosophy

I believe special education students learn best in pull out programs. I think it is important

for the student to get some general education, but also be pulled out of the classroom for the

special education time. The general education classroom is going to have a different lesson that

they will be teaching, and it may be beneficial to the student. Pulling out the student is going to

be important because the general education teacher can have 30 kids and not be able to be fully

attentive to the one special needs student. I also believe they learn better in group settings. Some

students may have questions that everyone else has but did not want to say. I believe teaching

students in a group make them feel more included.

My goal for a student with special needs is to be patient and learn as much as I can. I

want to be able to teach to the best of my ability and that all comes from asking questions. I want

all students to be able to learn the same material and at the same level. I want to be able to make

time for any special needs children that I may have. I intend to teach general education, but if I

happen to have a special needs student in my classroom, I want to teach them to the best if my

ability.

The qualities a special education teacher should have are knowledge, patience, and

assertiveness. A special education teacher should be knowledgeable in terms of education but

also in the special needs program. They should know what resources are available to them and

how to get them. They should know how to work the systems and learn how to teach all of the

children. A special needs teacher needs to have patience and realize that not all students are

going to learn the same. I believe assertiveness is very important because even though the

student might not know what they are doing wrong they need to know how to fix and to not do it

again. A student that misbehaves in the classroom is going to need a teacher that can be stern

enough to get them to stop, but gentle enough to want them to stop.
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Post- Philosophy

I do believe that all students can learn. A part of progressivism is to teach the students

that they are capable of anything. When a student is feeling doubtful, it is our job to reassure the

student that they can pass. When Mrs. Williams put the graphs of the students’ progress on the

walls, I believe it does help the students. It shows them that they can succeed and then what they

need to work for.

Teachers owe their students a sense of pride. Students want to see that their teacher is

confident in the material that they are teaching. Special education students deserve the best of the

best. They deserve a teacher that wants to teach them and is going to be patient with them. They

deserve a teacher that is caring and really shows them how to succeed.

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