How to Write a Narrative Philosophy of Education
- 1). Create the setting and the characters for your narrative. The setting would be a classroom. The characters would be a teacher and students. Make the students of whatever age and grade level you feel is best for illustrating your philosophy of education.
- 2). Start showing, in story-telling fashion, how your teacher is implementing your philosophy of education, and show how the students are responding to that methodology. Make very clear how everything that happens to the characters in your narrative applies to your philosophy.
- 3). Use the narrative style to respond to any criticisms that you have gotten or that you anticipate getting about your philosophy of education. Use examples with your teacher and students using some principles of your philosophy successfully to overcome specific objections that critics have raised or could raise.
- 4). Keep your narrative interesting, because a dull narrative will not do an effective job of presenting the case for your philosophy.
- 5). Make your narrative a success story. You want your narrative to be an advocacy piece, so end your narrative by showing the successful outcomes of the use of your philosophy. Choose a particular time period, probably one school year, and tell what special learning accomplishments the students are coming away with that can be attributed your education philosophy.