I believe that education is an individual, unique experience for every child that is fortunate enough to be provide with the opportunity to gain an education. In order for students to reach their full potential in life, the educator must have unwavering pride in their job and the want to be the best educator they can be. I believe that education is important because it fosters a society that is more caring, forgiving, and compassionate towards one and another. I believe that education can show a path to any student, no matter their life at home, a way of becoming a truly successful member of society in a way that they have a positive effect on everyone they come across during their life. It is my goal as an educator to promote a healthy and fair classroom environment that lets the students know that they should not fear being "wrong" and should try to reach for the stars and take risks.
Education in the discipline of Social Sciences is important because it gives students a gateway in to the past and future, as so they can use this information to learn from and prevent mistakes in their own lives and to help grow and build their communities, jobs,schools, and etc. My role as a social sciences teacher is to enable students to obtain an historical context through which they can understand the motivations behind the decisions made by historical figures, critically evaluate those motivations, and assess the significance of the actions taken as they analyze the events by themselves. I want my future students to understand, intellectually and emotionally, that their present lives were molded by the events of the past, and these events were created by imperfect human beings like themselves to show that they can change the future of all through hard work and dedication.
I believe the best strategies to teach in the field of social sciences is strategies that go away from the textbook and also lecture. Strategies in social sciences should have the students thinking out side of the box and have them put in to positions where they are trying to imagine what life was truly like in the social sciences subject they are currently on. The strategies should take the students away from just the basic knowledge of the subject and get them to a point of where they have a true understanding. The strategies that I will try to implement in my future classrooms are ones that make the subject of history, economics, political science, and etc. more enjoyable for students to the point that they are truly understanding what is being taught and are enjoying coming to class to learn in my field so they can better be prepared for their future. I will collect data constantly through these strategies to correlate the percentage of students that are gaining knowledge and understanding and also data to see where students struggle so to know where at in the subject I need to convey more clearly to my students. I know I have achieved my goals and used the appropriate strategies by how my students take to strategies that I have implemented and how their overall grades are when they are assigned summative assessments to complete.
My role as a teacher in society should be one that promotes educational opportunities even outside of the classroom to help students reach their full potential. I need to be in tune with the parents of my students so they can help their children at home to stay on task and complete all necessary work. I also believe that a teacher should take part in community events to show parents that they are fully committed to helping grow their child intellectually, emotionally, and socially. Teachers should take part in the community because it will help grow the community to the point that people will be more likely to move their kids to this place because they see it gives the best opportunity to grow and learn in a healthy manner. I will try to stay in touch with parents and the community throughout the school year through many forms like email and parent teacher conferences so to let the parents know where their child stands and their child's strength and weaknesses so they can also help to better prepare their child for the future.
I hope to be the best teacher I can possibly be and with that help countless students grow a love for social sciences and to prepare them for their future whether in continuing education or entering the workforce. I believe that my love for my field and my drive to be fair and compassionate will help me to reach students and drive them to be the very best they can be.