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use the above apa references for in text citation in the following paper.
A philosophy of education is a statement regarding your beliefs and values about education. This statement is often required as part of the application process to gain employment as a teacher. Understanding educational philosophies help professional educators form their own teaching philosophies grounded in research.
Using the topic Resources and your own research complete the “Philosophy of Education Worksheet” to organize your thoughts on educational philosophies and begin building your own personal philosophy of education.
Support the assignment with a minimum of three scholarly resources.
While APA Style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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Philosophy of Education Worksheet
Student Name
College of Education, Grand Canyon University
EDU 525: Foundations of Education
Instructor Name
Assignment Due Date
Part 1: Educational Philosophy
Describe each philosophy, giving characteristics of the philosophy as well as teaching strategies used. Feel free to use bullet points. Use in-text citations in each cell.
Idealism
(This box has been completed for you to use as an example for number 2 to 12.) 1.Realism
• Oldest Western philosophy; Ancient Greece, Plato (Webb & Metha, 2017).
• Mind over matter; material things are an imperfect version of true perfection: Absolute Mind (Webb & Metha, 2017).
• Journey for truths, aspire for wisdom (Webb & Metha, 2017).
• Socratic method (Webb & Metha, 2017).
• Spiritual and intellectual development (Webb & Metha, 2017).
2. Neo-Thomism
3. Pragmatism
4. Existentialism 6. Perennialism
7. Progressivism 8. Behaviorism
9. Essentialism 10. Social Reconstructionism
11. Constructivism 12. Eastern Philosophies
Part 2: Personal Philosophy of Education
In the above chart in Part 1, highlight characteristics and strategies that you believe elucidate your personal philosophy of education.
Using the ideas that you highlighted, write a 200-250 word draft to explain your personal philosophy of education, grounded in theory. You will revise your educational philosophy throughout your program of study to make it more concise. Include the following in your draft:
• Purpose of education
• Core values and beliefs as an educator
• Your personal vision of meeting the learning needs of diverse students (e.g., ELLs, students with exceptionalities, gifted, and early finishers) using standards-based instruction
References
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– Use active voice in your sentence structure. Verbs have to agree with their subjects.
– Where necessary use subtitles, recently updated data and examples. – Include 6 scholarly references and in text in APA citation format from sources like scholar.google.com, websites, journals, libraries and Academic Databases for in text citation, FROM YEARS 2016 to 24.
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– Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.
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– Do not use hyperbole.
– Avoid Colloquialism.
– Steer clear of incorrect forms of verbs that have snuck in the language.
– Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.
– Write all adverbial forms correctly.
– Avoid run-on sentences that are hard to read.
– Don’t use no double negatives.
– AVOID GENERALIZING.
