Jcole045
ALL ABOUT ME edit
Hello to everyone, my name is Jessica Coleman and I am currently enrolled in ECI 301. I am 21 years old and this is my second semester at Old Dominion University. I live in Carroll County, Virginia and I have lived there basically all of my life. I am currently enrolled in the Elementary Education program through ODU and I plan to teach preK-6 when I recieve my B.A. Degree. I plan to go on and recieve my Masters before I began to teach though. I love children in every way. I am due pretty soon and I have a little boy on the way. I enjoy being with my family, shopping, and scrapbooking. I have many different hobbies and interest. I love Virginia Tech football. I am looking forward to becoming a teacher. I also can not wait to take this class and learn more about Wikibooks. This is just a little bit about me, if you would like to know more feel free to talk to me.
MY EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY edit
It is very early in my education academic career and I beleive my educational philosophy will change as the years go by. Starting now with what I know I will explain my educational philosophy and why I believe the way I do. I believe that in order for me to be a well-rounded teacher I have to think about each individual students needs. I need to have different strategies to bring out the best in each individual. I know that every teacher has a large impact on a students life, but I beleive you can touch many lives teaching elementary students. You are given the chance to start them off on the right path to success. I believe that being an elementary teacher is a very important job.
There are many things that make a teacher an excellent teacher. I plan to be an educator that students remeber all of their life. I want to make a large impact in their lives and help them reach their goals. I plan to give each individual an equal opportunity. When it comes to diversity, I believe that students with special needs should be given a little bit more attention and they should feel like they are a part of the class, never an outcast. I have taken a Special Education class and I feel that it is very important to include children with special needs and help them reach their full potential just like everyone else. I believe that students should not be grouped by ability, I understand that some children will be better at things that other children are not. I believe that you should group children together to help bring out the best in them, and to help them interact in a way to help them where they might be struggling. I plan to use lecture and group assignments, I do like a little variety. I believe that if you use both instuctional strategies the students feel more involved and alert, instead of listening or doing the same thing over and over every day. I believe this will help the children pay attention and recieve a better understanding of what is being taught.
I am not sure how I picture my classroom environment right now, it is a little early. I think that I would have a lot of student interaction as well as student-teacher interaction. I want the children to enjoy school and feel free to interact with others as well as learn. I hope that I will be able to collaborate with other teachers, two heads is always better than one. I believe when you interact with others there is always new ideas brought up. I believe that in my classroom setting motivation will be the key to success. I am a really motivating person. I believe that you can do anything you set your mind too. I believe that children need to be more motivated these days and I would love to be a great motivation to the children in my class and all through the school. I also would like to use a little bit of the latest technology. There are so many excellent ways to enhance your learning these days, and I believe that technology is a great way to do that. I also believe that assessment is very important, I plan to make my students do peer-reviews. Peer-reviews not only help you yourself but they help others enhance their knowledge. I have done peer-reveiws in many of my classes and I find it very helpful. I believe there are many other important aspects to teaching and I will probably learn more and more as I recieve a higher education, but these are some of my beliefs and thoughts on education. I can not wait to read others and share mine as well.