Education: A Multifaceted Effort

A Philosophy of Education

Education: The Team

Education is a collaborative effort that includes students, teachers, parents, administrators, and the larger community.

The Goals of Education

Education at its best produces:

• Creative and critical thinkers

• Ambitious, intelligent, tenacious workers

• Responsible, productive citizens

Education and the Student

The single most vital component in successful education is the student.

Education and the Student

The student bears the majority of the responsibility for attaining education.

• Students must determine what they need to know to achieve their goals.

• Students are responsible for practicing behaviors to accomplish the best results.

• Students are responsible for contributing to their learning community.

Education and the Teacher

Successful teachers possess the following traits:• Zealous and highly conversant about the subject

matter they teach• Perpetually learning• Genuinely invested in the achievement of their

students• Passionate about teaching and learning

Technology and Education

• Useful technology in the learning environment should encourage creative thinking and challenge students and teachers to grow as learners.

• Superior instructional design comprises an understanding of the aims of education and the most effective modes of realizing those goals.

Technology and Education

• Teachers must educate students on how to intelligently, responsibly, and effectively use technology.

• Teachers should aim to enhance students’ creative, critical, and analytical thinking skills through the use of technology.

• Teachers should use technology to enhance their own professional goals as well.