The first week's online discussion....and I'm late, having read the reminder email after the class actually started! No worries, the presentation and chat were archived, and I was able to access them within a couple of days.
This week's topic was focused on forming our personal educational philosophies. I had already written one out on my info page for this website, so I was curious to see how that would align with the assignment given. After reading about various philosophical schools of thought, and answering questions about which one(s) with which I identified, I went back and reread my website's information...and it was pretty close, though without the philosophical jargon. Though mostly humanistic in nature, I draw from all the schools of thought, and touched on them in my original writing: safety and security in learning, opportunities for inquiry, and collaboration with the entire community to make sure individual needs are met.
I was also greatly impressed with the "why" exercise, preceded by watching a video by Simon Sinek, in which we had to answer why we do (or want to do) what we do. To really sit down and think about it, and write it down, brings a focus to our purpose. This is important to remember when the job seems to be all about weeding and shelving...and we know it's not. I will have to remember to post my philosophy and "why" statements where I can see them on a daily basis, to get me through the "dips", as our instructor said!
This week's topic was focused on forming our personal educational philosophies. I had already written one out on my info page for this website, so I was curious to see how that would align with the assignment given. After reading about various philosophical schools of thought, and answering questions about which one(s) with which I identified, I went back and reread my website's information...and it was pretty close, though without the philosophical jargon. Though mostly humanistic in nature, I draw from all the schools of thought, and touched on them in my original writing: safety and security in learning, opportunities for inquiry, and collaboration with the entire community to make sure individual needs are met.
I was also greatly impressed with the "why" exercise, preceded by watching a video by Simon Sinek, in which we had to answer why we do (or want to do) what we do. To really sit down and think about it, and write it down, brings a focus to our purpose. This is important to remember when the job seems to be all about weeding and shelving...and we know it's not. I will have to remember to post my philosophy and "why" statements where I can see them on a daily basis, to get me through the "dips", as our instructor said!
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