Teaching Philosophy
National Philosophy of
Education was created based on the the Five National Principles and national
ideology and it was announced to the public in 1988. From this, another
philosophy was created as a guideline for the country to produce qualifies
teachers and it is known as Teacher Philosophy of Education. These two
philosophies act as guidance for the teachers to perform our duties.
For National Philosophy of
Education (NPE), it was stated that education is an ongoing effort to produce individuals
who are intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and physically balanced and
harmonic, based on a firm belief in and devotion to God. Therefore, we always
bear in mind that we need to produce well-balanced individuals when we perform
our duties. The aims of National Philosophy of Education are as guidance for
teachers to develop and promote education as well as to understand the national
education system. Besides, it is as a core to determine the National Education
goals and to eliminate misunderstanding, doubt, or dispute in any attempt to
perform our duties or educational activities.
Meanwhile, Teacher Philosophy
of Education (TPE) explains about the characteristics that are essentials for
the teachers to fulfil the national aspiration and Vision 2020. For that reason,
the aim of this philosophy is to produce qualified teachers in terms of personal,
professional, social, and behavioural practices. As a result, teachers need to
have characteristics that are mention in this philosophy in order to help us producing
the individuals that are stated in the National Philosophy of Education.
As stated above, both NPE and
TPE are the guidelines for the teacher to produce useful and noble Malaysian
citizens.
As an English teacher, my aim is to motivate students
to begin a personal exploration toward
effective and meaningful communication in
English. Although it is a challenging
task as many
of my students hardly use English in their daily life
except the six periods in a week during
schooling days.
Students from less advantage social-economy background further hinder
the
efforts to pull them through the learning blocks. Consequently, creative and innovative
teaching strategies appear to be better approaches to
help my students. My students have
limited
vocabulary and they learn better through visual
ways. Pictures, videos, interactive
teaching
software and online self- assessment help them
tremendously.
On the other hand, as a teacher, I strongly believe in
modeling. A teacher’s behavior leave a
great impact on a student’s characteristic
development. Thus, demonstrating values
like be kind
and helpful to people around you and have a sense of
belonging are crucial and should be
nurtured.
Years later, my students might nor remember what
they’ve learned but at least they remember it
was fun learning English, and they remember the values
they learned since school days…
I always believe that there’s
no ‘unteachable’ students, just yet to find the most suitable way…
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