To Be a Better Teacher: A Critical Self-Reflection

Gallegos, Giovanni

To Be a Better Teacher: A Critical Self-Reflection

dc.contributor.advisor	Houser, Neil
dc.contributor.author	Gallegos, Giovanni
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Brugar, Kristy
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Hill, Crag
dc.date.accessioned	2024-05-06T18:32:45Z
dc.date.available	2024-05-06T18:32:45Z
dc.date.issued	2024-05-10
dc.date.manuscript	2024-04-23
dc.description.abstract	In this paper, I aimed to answer the following questions in order to find potential avenues of improving my present conditions as a teacher: What does it mean to be a teacher? What will it take to be a better teacher? I utilized critical reflections of my teaching experience thus far to analyze and interpret the sense of dread that I have come to associate with being a teacher. First, I aimed to uncover the source of this dread and investigate how it is perpetuated. Then, I juxtaposed my K-12 education experience with my college experience to identify the lack of community in K-12 schools as a reason as to why the dehumanization of students and teachers has become normalized in our society. I make the case for democratic education as a potential response to the dehumanizing education currently found in schools. Finally, I use theories from John Dewey and Paulo Freire to look into my future in the profession as a more democratic educator.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11244/340302
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	democratic education	en_US
dc.subject	dehumanization	en_US
dc.subject	problem-posing education	en_US
dc.subject	miseducative experiences	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Education	en_US
dc.title	To Be a Better Teacher: A Critical Self-Reflection	en_US
ou.group	Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education::Department of Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum	en_US