Revised Philosophy Statement.

According to a statement to the senate by the Minister of Education on July 6th 2007 “the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has approved a National Model for Education in Trinidad and Tobago 2007-2015” . This was a result of the implementation of the recommendations of the white paper on education 1993- 2003. “The model seeks to create a seamless system of quality education in keeping with the Vision 2020 mandate for education” (p. 5).

Among the goals of this recent model for educational development in Trinidad and Tobago is that students will be scientifically and technologically oriented. It is against this background and my participation in the course EDSC 6004: Information and Communication Technologies in the Science Classroom program at the University of the West Indies St. Augustine that I revise my initial philosophy statement.

My revised philosophy statement extents my initial philosophy statement to include my role as a leader in technology integration. It acknowledges that the use of technology is more pervasive today than at any point in history and that ICT is significantly enhancing and altering human activity. It acknowledges that ICT has tremendous potential for integrating the curriculum for all schools and that whatever the future holds ICT will play a significant part.

I believe now more than ever teachers need to prepare students to be functional in this uncertain future. We can be sure that the future will incorporate technologies not yet invented into the lives of citizens and we must adequately prepare them for this eventuality. I believe that my role now includes fostering leadership for meaningful integration of technology across the curriculum at Moruga Composite School in order to enhance student and teacher development. This is in accordance with the philosophy of the Ministry of Education.

My vision involves the use of ICTs for type 2 teaching and learning in order to promote integration and develop inquisitive, reflective, discerning and caring lifelong learners congruent who can positively adapt to the changing times in line with the mandate of the Ministry of Education.

References.

STATEMENT TO THE SENATE ON THE NATIONAL MODEL FOR EDUCTION IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.

(2007). Retrieved. from http://www.moe.gov.tt/Docs/Responses/NationalMode2.pdf.