Philosophy of Education:
The inner-transformation that education helps to galvanise should be influenced through processes driven by yearning, informed choosing and targeted decision making. Through the use of collective resourcefulness, experiential learning and mentor-directed-self-insight, true ingenuity can rise to the surface.
Learning can no longer be confined within the four walls of a classroom. Education has become a limitless broadband of possibilities. The teacher once tasked with the responsibility of gathering and disseminating knowledge to the “uneducated masses” is losing relevancy in an ever-changing learning landscape. In today’s expeditiously unfolding world, every learner is tasked with the ownership and responsibility for his/her learning.
I believe that all learners have the potential to be active co-participators, co-contributors, co-authors, and co-producers of new knowledge. The learner is awaiting a point of realisation that the educator will help facilitate. This paradigm shift in thought is exercised through evidence derived from scientific based neural research as well as sociological based studies based on modern day interactions for
how best we can perform the task of learning.
My role as an educator and a forward-thinking leader continues to change and evolve, parallel to the ever changing educational landscape. I no longer view myself as a teacher but as a creative educator who is accountable for leading learners. That being said, I also see my role as a steward of my discipline and an architect of reinventing mental models to support learning within our communities. My personal vision for education can be summed up by three action verbs; “create, integrate and educate”.
Learning can no longer be confined within the four walls of a classroom. Education has become a limitless broadband of possibilities. The teacher once tasked with the responsibility of gathering and disseminating knowledge to the “uneducated masses” is losing relevancy in an ever-changing learning landscape. In today’s expeditiously unfolding world, every learner is tasked with the ownership and responsibility for his/her learning.
I believe that all learners have the potential to be active co-participators, co-contributors, co-authors, and co-producers of new knowledge. The learner is awaiting a point of realisation that the educator will help facilitate. This paradigm shift in thought is exercised through evidence derived from scientific based neural research as well as sociological based studies based on modern day interactions for
how best we can perform the task of learning.
My role as an educator and a forward-thinking leader continues to change and evolve, parallel to the ever changing educational landscape. I no longer view myself as a teacher but as a creative educator who is accountable for leading learners. That being said, I also see my role as a steward of my discipline and an architect of reinventing mental models to support learning within our communities. My personal vision for education can be summed up by three action verbs; “create, integrate and educate”.