My current view on the goals of education is for everyone to learn something that will help them to broaden their minds and minimize the amount of ignorance of every individual. The expectations that I currently have for students that I will have in a classroom is for them to be willing to learn and ask for help. Although I do understand that as individuals that may not be possible I would hope that each student would at least be considerate enough to allow their peers to learn something and better themselves. Since I came from a school where not everyone was willing to learn I could always appreciate those who let others learn even if they felt they didn't need a school education to make it in life. I currently don’t have a preferred teaching methodology and theories that would most impact student learning because I don’t know of any specific ones. My own personal theory is that a teacher’s attitude sets the stage or foundation for how a student will learn and their willingness to obtain the information. There are students that will try twice as hard at subject because their teacher has given the impression that they are willing to work with them no matter how long it takes or the effort involved.
