EDFE 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Malala Yousafzai, Montessori Education
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In the personal statement tell how your experiences with children and adolescents have shaped your understanding of the teaching and learning process in schools and/or in a community setting. Share how the background and educational opportunities have shaped your decision to become a teacher, and the advantages and disadvantages you have experienced. Before i could learn how to teach, i was taught how to learn. My understanding of education stems from beyond my experience with children to my initial foundation of teachers; my father, an extraordinary high school teacher, and my peers. Throughout my life, i have always been passionate about being educated and learning from any person or experience possible. The aforementioned influences in my life were the catalyst to inspiring my decision to become a teacher by always showing me the power of knowledge. They taught me different methods and mediums of learning, and how valuable knowledge truly is.