Education Is a Continuous Journey

I believe that education is a continuous journey. One starts on this journey well before they are even aware that they are learning as a young child. I think each moment we have in our lives is an opportunity to learn and each child has an inborn curiosity of the world around them. Learning is a slow process and our brain continues to grow and develop as we get older because of all of the things we experience. I think that an important thing teachers can do in the classroom to make sure each child is learning all they can is to teach to all different learning abilities. There are many different learners, some may be visual, some may be hands on, and some may learn best with hearing the teacher talk aloud. I think it is important to always change up the way we teach so that we don't hinder any child's learning ability and slow them down on their educational path. I believe that always allowing questions in the classroom, and never scolding for "stupid" ones is an extremely important way to keep the children's minds open to education. Once a teacher portrays to a child that it is not okay to stray from what she has taught and not allow them to find connections on their own the teacher has really done the child a dis-justice. The child will begin seeing education as boring and not adventurous which is not helpful because the child will be a lifelong learner, and they should be excited to learn, not discouraged. Because we learn the basic life skills and every daily routines from our parents it is extremely important for the teacher to take into account the different cultural and economic backgrounds the children come from. These differences can be seen as stepping stones on ones journey. They may be different and unique but they all get us going in the right direction. Because many classrooms are so culturally diverse the children may have experienced different things at the beginning of their educational journey. These unique things they have experienced is important to who the child is and should be embraced. No ones educational path in life is identical. Because we have all learned different things in life we will all have a different aspect of education and how it affects our daily lives. As a teacher you should encourage individualism and not try and make the children learn only one way or think of things in a specific way, because this will only hurt their educational curiosity that they were born with. Education can take place in many forms, by many different people and in many different ways. This is what makes the continuous journey so exciting because new experiences , that occur every day, add to the stepping stones of this ongoing journey.

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