Nel Noddings Revisit Manifesto My Educational Philosophy Essay

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Nel Noddings

Revisit manifesto

My educational philosophy and Nel Noddings

The concept of diversity is critical to my philosophy of teaching. I have always believed in the need to expand the curriculum to include more voices from other areas of the world and different perspectives, particularly given the changing demographics of America. However, I had never thought that this cornerstone of my manifesto was necessarily related to 'caring.' I cared about my students personally, and wanted them to succeed. But reading the writings of Nel Noddings underlined how showing respect to students and infusing them with a sense that their history matters is a critical component of honoring students' dignity, as well as enhancing their education. According to Noddings: "Receptive attention is an essential characteristic of a caring encounter. The carer is open to what the cared-for is saying and might be experiencing and is able to reflect upon it" (Smith 2004). The ethics of multiculturalism is founded in many ways upon 'caring.'

As a professional educator, I have perhaps been somewhat distrustful of the notion of 'caring' as important, because there is a need for me to have professional distance from my students as well as to engage them in learning.

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But showing caring, receptive attention to the needs of students is vitally necessary when a teacher cannot fully understand the experiences, language, and culture of every pupil. The teacher must learn from the student as well as vice versa. Also, children will not volunteer their ideas and experiences if they do not feel that the teacher is truly listening. I have always believed that history and English in particular have been taught from Eurocentric perspectives, but bringing that mindset that the teacher is always right to teaching even nonwestern literatures and cultures is not necessarily an improvement over the past.

A sense of 'caring for' others, which is more involved than merely 'caring about' others, has a greater potential to change society, given that people are more likely to respond to a sense of involved and personal attention in their welfare. Unfortunately, this immediacy is not always possible, as….....

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