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The document discusses the author's vision of education, which is to help students realize their full potential as human beings by developing the tools and skills needed to succeed in life. The author believes education should be linked to students' personal growth and teach real-life skills. Their school aims to achieve this vision by providing (1) a rich curriculum that cultivates curiosity and knowledge, (2) opportunities for healthy social development with peers, and (3) supportive relationships with teachers as mentors. The author advocates for a student-centered educational philosophy that is adaptable to students' actual experiences and needs.

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Globally; Personally 1

Education; My Vision
University of the People

Week 2 Written Assignment


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Education: My Vision

My vision of education and its purpose is best captured by the words of Foshay (1991),

who defines it as “The one continuing purpose of education, since ancient times, has been to

bring people to as full realization as possible of what it is to be a human being. (p. 12)” For an

education with this vision to accomplish its purpose, A student’s educational experiences must

be as rich and diverse as life itself.

I agree with Foshay’s definition that education should be focused on assisting our

students in realizing their full potential and helping them develop and cultivate the required

tools to achieve and accomplish all that they are capable. An education that seeks to achieve

this should be linked to a students’ own life and personal growth. Curriculum, projects, and

teacher instruction should place primary emphasis on students’ mastering skills, habits, and

ideas that real-life relativity and are applicable for life and help cultivate them to grow into

better people.

While, ideally, many of the most foundational values, relationships, and identities are

developed from the youngest age at home with a robust, healthy family. Unfortunately, often

this is not the circumstances our students experience. Even for students blessed with healthy

family life, the sophistication of the world, the range and varied skills and abilities required to

succeed in this world are not developed at home.

Schools, in a society, need to ensure that students, both privileged and those who are

lacking critical blessings, are prepared and cultivated as citizens, community members, and

productive and giving members of society,


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This vision for schools to as full of a realization of who they are as individuals is

accomplished at my school through the following:

A) An environment-classroom, teachers, curriculum cultivates curiosity, an intrinsically

motivated pursuit of knowledge, rich and relevant curriculum that includes open-ended

projects that expose students to a comprehensive and foundational body of knowledge

and develops the cognitive skills to succeed in college, career, and life.

B) Their healthy development of social skills with their peers.

C) The development of healthy, trusting, and empowering relationships with their teachers

as instructors and mentors.

Students’ educational experiences are much greater than the academic instruction they receive

from their teacher or even the open-ended research projects they work on. A teachers’ brief

interaction with a student during a break, a useful guided conversation with two students in

conflict leading to a resolution are vital and critical components of a student's educational

experience.

These three components, a rich and comprehensive academic education, the development of

vital skills to successfully engage and connect with peers, and having supportive adults to guide

you, are three pillars that give the student the skills, experience, and anchor to navigate the

world healthily and productively.

To achieve the objective of preparing each student for success in life, one must have a more

open-ended and evolving approach to the design of schooling. Dewey, one of the most

influential American philosophers, rejected the educational model that he deemed was too

focused on delivering pre-determined knowledge with no leeway for adaptation. Dewey


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advocated for education more in tune and aligned with students' actual experiences (Neil,

2005).

Student-Centered Educational Philosophy

It is incredibly easy for one to get lost in the details and taxing process of education and lose

focus and the essence of education; the students, their needs, passions, and desire to succeed.

Great teachers always keep the stress and make the appropriate adjustments based on the

needs of each of their students. Great teachers can change course, modify tactics and methods,

even if these methods have served them well for a long time when they confront a situation

where it’s not working. This philosophy aligns and mirrors the grand purpose of education, and

I assert it should be essential to every teacher's approach to their craft.


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References

Arthur W. Foshay, “The Curriculum Matrix: Transcendence and Mathematics,” Journal of

Curriculum and Supervision, 1991

Neil, J. (2005) John Dewey, the Modern Father of Experiential Education.

Wilderdom.com

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