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Educational Philosophy
Susan M. Edwards
University of Phoenix

MTE 501 The Art and Science of Teaching

MACK0740H3

Mrs. Mary Vanderpool

July 14, 2007

Educational Philosophy
In today's society education is a valuable commodity that is sometimes taken for granted. Schools focus their attention on students for the purpose of preparing them for what lies ahead. This, however, is not always an easy task because everyone learns differently and views about education vary. Michael de Montaigne, one of the great philosophers, stated, "that the greatest and most important difficulty known to human learning seems to lie in that area which treats how to bring up children and how to educate them." (Haselhusrt, 2007) Learning is an on-going process that takes time.
The task of teaching children can be daunting even for someone with years of education and experience. (Montell, 2003) Each school year brings forth new challenges. With that in mind teachers have to find ways to......

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