How my philosophy has grown.

Looking back at this admissions letter, I feel like my philosophy on teaching has grown immensely. I previously had a philosophy based on unidentified theories that I now identify as humanism or holism mixed with neoliberalist ideologies. Starting at Ambrose, I did not have a firm understanding of the the teacher I wanted to become.

 

However, as I have furthered in my learning at Ambrose, my views and personal philosophy towards teaching has expanded significantly and I have a firm idea of who I want to be as a teacher. While I do think that my own personal philosophy now is much more centred in holism, humanism, and trauma-informed educational practices, I now believe in the importance of utilizing many approaches in order to ensure that I am accomplishing my role of a teacher, making students feel seen and heard. 

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In addition, based on my admissions letter, I think my views on why I want to teach have grown. In my admissions letter, I talked quite a lot about how teaching could help me as an individual, not as much about helping students. However, I think this view has matured and developed from an individualist approach to a more student-centred approach. As a teacher, now I think that the most important aspect of teaching is the students and how my teaching is effecting them and their needs, not the other way around.