My Philosophy of Education

 

          Since I first developed it during my internship in 1982, my philosophy of education has evolved surprisingly little. I noticed that each student learns in her or his own way. This makes it the teacher’s goal to individualize the material so the learner “gets it.”

          Then I was teaching general education English to tenth graders. During this time and the following two years with sophomores and seniors at an all-boys high school, practicing this philosophy meant working to present lessons various ways. Several intervening years of training adult learners taught me that personalizing education is crucial at all age and ability levels. The related challenge became keeping the delivery fresh enough that those who “got it” three iterations ago gain even more insight from this varied reinforcement.

          This individualization is codified in Special Education, which makes this field a good fit for my philosophy and helps make me a great fit in Special Education.

 

 

                                                Jeffrey B. Romanczuk

                                                July 31, 2000