Draft of Philosophy Paper

Karla Mancilla
Draft of Philosophy Paper

My vision for the world is for every individual to have access to a healthy environment which includes, pure drinking water, fresh foods, a safe place to sleep and opportunites to provide for themselves. My core values include that an education should be focused in teaching ourselves and create opportunities for others to learn about a world where peace, fairness, clean water, air, and good health for all surpasses the focus on profit.

My beliefs about the purpose of adult education, Education should also be accessible to everyone and adult educators are capable to help individuals overcome race, class, gender and obstacles that might hinder their learning in this world.

My beliefs about adults as learners, is that every individual should be able to think critically and make the right decision to empower themselves and their families to provide for themselves. My beliefs about what counts as knowledge and what should be taught in the curriculum. Still working on this one

Education Philosophy summary

After reading the various readings about the role that philosophy plays in the field of education it helped me understand the idea of how creating my own philosophy will help me. By creating my philosophy it will help me have a clear idea of how and why I am going to create an education philosophy that will help me shape my teaching and my vision as an educator.
By reading these articles i was able to discover the way I can incorporate the different philosophies and improve their application in my teaching

Rosemary's response to your obit and things you value

Karla, I was struck by the balance you had in your life of family, career, community service, spiritual life, and leisure (traveling, cooking or running or hanging out in the mountains). Even your career choices seemed to a wonderful balance to me – investment savvy coupled with the ability to help people learn to speak English, not mention helping women to become more fit! Could you provide more details about how your “On the Job Learning English Program” works or how it might be unique compared to other programs?

Don't be confused

You might probably think it is a kinda weird that I included my obituary on my blog, however, I was required to do so for my class. So don't get confused if you see it. Please give me comments. Also, I will be including more info on other topics.