Teaching Philosophy as a Beginning Teacher
My philosophy is rooted in Leonor Briones, the secretary of education, who believes in maintaining the dignity of teaching when working with Gen Z students. It compelled the educators to reflect on their crucial part in turning out students' capability to navigate the world. As an aspiring teacher, it has always been my guiding principle to develop into a professional who positively influences the students' lives. I firmly believe that I can improve my students' lives and make them better students and citizens by immersing them in real-world situations that foster significant thinking and learning. I have worked hard to keep close relationships with my students throughout my practicum teaching internship. To uphold the value of dignity, I believe the foundation of a perfect relationship between a student and a teacher is honest, open communication based on respect for one another. My students at Caridad National High School need a learning environment that is safe and comfortably contextualized with real-world situations. My students are Gen Z learners, wherein they are influenced by what they see, hear, read, and experience. And I believe they get this influence from their environment. I often observed my students how they approach their ideas and learnings in class. Mainly, they connect it with their experiences learned at home. My goal is to continually make this learning approach used by other students as early as possible to realize their essential involvement in the community and have something meaningful to contribute as future professionals. Through this, students will find a purpose, motivation, and drive to realize their dreams and reach their full potential.As a 21st-century educator, my teaching style focuses on student-centered learning. I provide teaching and learning methods and strategies to guide my students in acquiring the necessary knowledge and enhancing skills and values as part of their self-learning (studying, experiencing, and practicing). I emphasized incorporating real-world applications to supplement my students' contextualized learning when I teach. In my application and generalization parts of the discussion, I encourage my students to share and express their different points of view and ideas by asking probing questions contextualized with the topic discussed. I guided and facilitated them by providing my point of view and examples of different situations. At this point, I was able to help my students develop critical thinking skills and a sense of humanity.Moreover, by answering real-world situation questions, students would be able to reflect on new valuable learning aside from the knowledge and skills acquired from books. Furthermore, my teaching style is dynamic—constantly evolving to adapt to my learners' needs. I believe a teacher must be reflective, contextually aware, open, and have a good sense of humor to carry these qualities to school every day. Students mirror what a teacher has portrayed in school, so they will also bring it.Learning is more than just acquiring the competencies and outcomes specified in the curriculum; it also involves realizing the value of acquiring this knowledge for future use. Learning goes beyond the confines of a book and a pen, and I see it as my task to inspire students never to stop asking questions about the world they live in and to have a sincere interest in learning about other people's circumstances and perspectives. I want the students to feel like they had a teacher who would encourage them to find the solutions that curiosity and creativity bring.
