In this chapter a woman named Ariadne Boom comes into Torey's classroom. She came from the state Office of Public Instruction. Torey talks about how Ariadne was known for always jumping on different bandwagons and right then she was specifically interested in special education classrooms, so she was making 'a tour' of different classrooms and was assigned to observe Torey. Torey becomes very nervous but things go well overall. When she talks to Ariadne the toughest thing she was asked was which educational model she adhered to. Torey did not know, because she didn't really have a specific philosophy that she followed. She just tried new things when others didn't seem to be working, and kept using certain tactics that were effective.
As much as I am interested in different teaching philosophies, psychologist theories, and so on, when you actually get into a school it is going to be a whole different world. Sure I think there will be times that in hindsight will match up with a certain philosophy or some theory, but I highly doubt I will consciously be trying to align every action I take with a certain textbook philosophy. This is why I think although college class experiences are good, it is the field experience and practicums that will really get us ready for what we are going to have to do in a school setting. It's nice to know some of the background information, but every teacher is going to have slightly different goals from others, and those goals will always be changing.
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