This paper explores the responses of five educators to a 10 question survey about their educational philosophies. The 10 questions were:
1. Describe your classroom's physical appearance.
2. How do you handle classroom discipline?
3. What are the 3 most important things you do as a teacher every day? What motivates you to do each of them?
4. How does you personal philosophy influence your educational philosophy?
5. Has your educational philosophy changed since you started teaching? If so, how?
6. Do you think NCLB is working? Why or why not? Give specific examples.
7. How has NCLB impacted you as a teacher? What, if anything, would you do differently if NCLB had not been passed? Why?
8. When reflecting on your own educational experience, what are three things you valued most? Are you able to provide these same experiences to the students in your classroom? Why or why not?
9. What is your favorite activity that you have done with your students? Why is it your favorite?
10. "Responsibility in teaching may be more appropriately represented by the particular interactions between teachers and students than by the results of standardized test scores" (Sherman, 2004, p. 116). Do you agree or disagree with this statement. Explain.