My Philosophy of Teaching Mathematics
Mathematics is a huge empowerment on our educated society. I can teach Mathematics through a variety of strategies. These strategies include: direct instruction, inquiry modeling, and cooperative learning. I will follow a three step procedure for each lesson to be successfully presented and understood by my students. I will get a conceptual understanding from my students followed by procedural fluency of the topic and finishing off with problem-solving activities. An important discovery with education is that students learn at different paces and that is okay! It is finding those ways to make that ‘said’ student find his/her own unique methods of reasoning to mathematical concepts that will make my life of teaching special.
As a teacher, I will be the originator of learning allowing students the freedom to make their own decisions and judgments about the information presented. With that being said, the students should apply their knowledge and share their thoughts to broaden the discussion and development of other students. When students take the next step in engaging in their own opinions, they will find great findings to better themselves and others. I will help the students step outside this “box”, of fear to raise their hand or to make mistakes, that they tend to hold themselves in and make them comfortable to understand the creativity of Mathematics.
Without the student’s cooperation, learning would not be possible. Learning is a firm structure that students draw their abstract thinking and problem solving out for. Mathematics is a sole component of many real life situations such as: following a recipe, buying a car, decorating a home, or dealing with your savings and credit. The students will need to make a generalization about the importance of mathematics and learning together, and from there it will come to them naturally; the devotion to understand, the “out of the box” abstract thinking, and the character within each student to be confident.
As a teacher, I will be the originator of learning allowing students the freedom to make their own decisions and judgments about the information presented. With that being said, the students should apply their knowledge and share their thoughts to broaden the discussion and development of other students. When students take the next step in engaging in their own opinions, they will find great findings to better themselves and others. I will help the students step outside this “box”, of fear to raise their hand or to make mistakes, that they tend to hold themselves in and make them comfortable to understand the creativity of Mathematics.
Without the student’s cooperation, learning would not be possible. Learning is a firm structure that students draw their abstract thinking and problem solving out for. Mathematics is a sole component of many real life situations such as: following a recipe, buying a car, decorating a home, or dealing with your savings and credit. The students will need to make a generalization about the importance of mathematics and learning together, and from there it will come to them naturally; the devotion to understand, the “out of the box” abstract thinking, and the character within each student to be confident.