Republic of the Philippines
North Eastern Mindanao State University
Rosario, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur 8300
Telefax No. 086-214-4221
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Name: Gela Mae P. Navarro Course Code: MTB-MLE
Program/Year: BEED-2 Date: 09/23/24
LEARNING ACTIVITY 1: MY TEACHNING PHILOSOPHY
Since then, I have adopted the teaching philosophy of "Experience is the best
teacher." It is anchored in the theory of Jean Piaget, which is constructivism. It is stated
there that learners actively acquire ideas, knowledge, and understanding through
experiences and social interactions with their environment. Piaget emphasized the part
of hands-on exercises, investigation, and discovery play in the learning process. In the
classroom, this philosophy serves as a guide, or it gives ideas to the teachers on how
they manage the classroom for them to ensure that the learners can really understand
the topics being discussed. Teacher must know that they need to apply hands-on
activities to their class as the learners learn most effectively through experiences rather
than just sitting, listening to lectures, and reading books.
I embrace this philosophy because I really believe that students’ real-life experiences are
significant to understanding concepts more deeply, and these students can remember
what they learn. By incorporating hands-on activities, it makes learning more effectively
and meaningful; by that, students can build creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving,
decision-making, collaboration, and communication skills. Based on their various
experiences, students can apply their acquired knowledge and skills in a real-world
context that helps them grow and become better individuals.
The experiential learning teaching principle would fit my own approach. This principle
ties the idea of constructivism, which allows students to learn through experiences. It
promotes active learning, hands-on experience, and making connections between
concepts and real-world events. Every student's engagement is encouraged by
experiential learning, which enables them to learn from their interactions and
experiences. This strategy encourages students to engage in different activities that help
them understand abstract concept and real-world applications through learning by doing
like actual performances, role-plays, and other activities that requires hands-on and
active participations.
For example: A physical education lesson which they tackle about a lot of exercises that
helps our body become healthy. This lesson needs to incorporate active participation in
which students need to perform or execute the exercises for them to be able to know the
proper execution to avoid unintentional accident. This requires active participation rather
than just reading how to execute that certain exercise or just watching a video. And also
in a dance lesson, we need to include physical activity where students need to perform
that specific dance rather than just reading the dance steps. Through this method,
creativity and collaboration foster as students work together to perform such creative
performances.
By emphasizing experiences as part of education, we prepare students as a critical
thinker and creative individual that may apply in the near future.
