User:Jenneure004

Jenneure004 (talk) 19:33, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

My name is Jennifer Eure. I am married and have a 14 month old daughter. I recently resumed my college career after spending several years in the advertising sales industry. I am a history major in secondary education. Selling is teaching and I am confident that I can carry over some useful sales techniques to high school history students.

TEACHING PHILOSOPHY

My Philosophy on education is two fold. The first part is to engage the students with creative exercises. It is imparitive that the students feel like they are making a difference not only in high shcool but in college and in the real world too. During this time in the real world we are not only making history but we are being forced to look back at our own history and decide how our actions as a nation have helped or hurt the different situations we are in. Therefore, incorporating current events will be a key part of my classroom.

Secondly, my philosophy will be to inspire critical thinking and empowering my future students with the ability to create their own opinions. I will encourage opinions and will allow my sutudents to think out of the box. This philosophy will require some small group assignments as well as whole class discussions.

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives. ~Clay P. Bedford