Use these activities to engage all types of learners, while requiring that they refer to and incorporate details from the text over the course of the activity. 

Write Your Educational Philosophy

Write your philosophy of education.

• Use research, community and family interviews, and self-reflection to understand the different ways people define education, its value to a community and its children, and education’s ultimate purpose.
• Contrast what you learn from others with your personal experiences and beliefs.
• What feels most valuable? What feels most true for you?
• When complete, your philosophy of education statement should clearly state what you believe is the purpose and function of education and how best to carry out that function and purpose.
• Some questions to consider as you go through the research and writing process:

o How should people learn?

o What should people learn?

o What cultural traditions and wisdom do you want preserved for future generations in your family?

o How do you expect them to learn those things?

o What role should the government play in a child's education, if any?

o What are schools responsible for in a child’s education? Consider education’s relationship to self-esteem for children.

o  What are families and communities responsible for in a child’s education? Consider family and community's role in self-esteem for children.