This document provides instructions for an assignment asking students to draft an educational philosophy statement. It outlines the key areas that must be addressed in the philosophy, including the purpose of education, meeting diverse student needs, the teacher's role as an ethical leader, examining personal biases, and upholding professional standards. Students are asked to write 750-1000 words incorporating research sources to support their ideas on these topics. The document provides a detailed template for organizing the philosophy and addresses formatting and citation requirements.

1. Psychology Social Change
Overview
Have you ever been torn between patronizing and boycotting a
business that operates with socially insensitive ideals that work
against your social change objectives? Patronizing that business
could lead to feelings of conflict and distress because your
behaviors, decisions, or attitude contradicts your
personal ideals. As you have begun to establish and generate
your own social change objectives, it is natural to reflect upon
your ideals and beliefs that may not always align with how you
interact with the world. This assignment will encourage you to
reflect on the
personal and social factors that guide your ethical
decision making.
Prompt
For this journal activity, respond to each of the following
criteria in 3 to 5 sentences:
· Describe the
personal factors that guide your ethical decision making
when choosing to support (or not support) a specific cause.
· Describe the
social factors that guide your ethical decision making
when choosing to support (or not support) a specific cause.
· Describe one way that you can decrease
cognitive dissonance in order to realign your ideals and
actions.
· Describe one way that you can increase
cognitive consonance in order to realign your ideals and
actions.

2. All sources and ideas requiring attribution must be cited
according to APA style.
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Your Essay’s Title Here
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College
Course
Professor
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In this assignment, you will use 750-1,000 words to draft your
educational philosophy. Educational theory must be the
foundation for your statements. Throughout your program of
study, you will revise this draft educational philosophy to make
it more concise.
Remember: it is expected that you will utilize resources and
Study Materials from prior Topics.

3. include statements regarding your beliefs and values in each of
the following areas:
· The purpose of education.
· Your personal vision of meeting the learning needs of diverse
students using standards-based instruction.
· The perceived role of the teacher as a leader and advocate
according to the Model Code of Ethics for Educators (MCEE)
· Examination of cultural, ethnic, gender, and learning
differences to promote ethical practice, build stronger
relationships, and create more relevant learning experiences by
accessing resources and reflecting on personal biases.
· Your role as a teacher in upholding the expectations of the
profession including codes of ethics, professional standards of
practice, and relevant law and policy.
This Philosophy must include three scholarly references to
support your ideas. APA 7th Edition Style is required.
this assignment will account for 30% of your overall
grade in this class. Invest the time required to review the rubric
prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the
expectations for successful completion. Also, check your work
against the rubric prior to submission.
· Because this is a written assignment of more than 500 words,
submitting your essay to LopesWrite is required.
· Written work should NOT be more than 20% Quoted
Material and should have a Similarity of close to 0%.
Please use the template below and not create your own. Again,
also no plagiarism please.

4. Title from Page 1 Repeated Here
Start this essay with a strong introduction. Your introduction
should be at the top of page two and will begin the body of your
essay. Aim to start your introduction with an attention grabbing
“hook” to go get the reader’s attention, include any required
contextual/background information, and end it with a purpose
statement. A purpose statement is like a thesis statement only
slightly different. Purpose statements provide the purpose,
scope, and direction of the paper and generally have common
beginnings like “This paper examines”, “The aim of this paper”,
or “The purpose of this essay is to…”
Purpose of Education
Begin this paragraph with a topic sentence that previews
what will be discussed in this section. According to the rubric,
to earn Target in this area you must share a “well-thought out
statement regarding the purpose of education.” Since this is a
content area on the rubric, you should also include research
backed details with citations in this section of your philosophy.
The discussion you have here will account for 10% of your total
score on this assignment.
Meeting Learner Needs and Standards-Based Instruction
This paragraph should also begin with a strong topic
sentence that outlines what will be discussed in this section.
The rubric states that an “insightful personal vision of meeting
the learning needs of diverse students using standards-based
instruction” is needed to earn Target in this area. This is also a
content area on the rubric so aim to include research backed
details with citations here. Your discussion here will also
account for 10% of your total score on this assignment.
Ethical Teaching and Leadership
Yep, begin this paragraph with a strong topic sentence that
forecasts what will be discussed in this section. To earn Target,
you must discuss your perceived role of the teacher as a leader
and advocate according to some of the Model Code of Ethics for
Educators. Again, support your ideas with scholarly research
and citations. This discussion will account for 15% of your total

5. score on this assignment.
Personal Bias Reflection and Accessing Resources
Big shock - begin this paragraph with a strong topic
sentence that outlines what will be discussed in this section .
Thoughtfully discuss the process of reflecting on your personal
biases. Also, share how you will access resources to continually
deepen your understanding of cultural, ethnic, gender, and
learning differences among your students in order to create
more relevant learning experiences to earn Target in this
section. Of course, support your ideas with scholarly research
and citations. This discussion will account for 20% of your total
score on this assignment.
Expectations of the Profession
Yes, begin the final content paragraph with a strong topic
sentence. Discuss your role as a teacher in upholding the
expectations of the profession including: codes of ethics,
professional standards of practice, and relevant law and
policies. As the last content section, this discussion should also
be supported with scholarly research can citations. This
discussion will account for 15% of your total score on this
assignment.
Conclusion
Review what you have just written about in your essay. The
topics you have discussed should be mentioned/summarized
here. This paragraph is just as important as any other paragraph
in this essay. Make it strong and end with a solid summary of
the ideas you have shared. This is NOT the place to begin new
topics – if you have not talked about it in the essay, do not
include it here. Including an introduction, appropriate
headings/subheadings, and a conclusion impacts the format
section of the rubric which accounts for 5% of your total score
on this assignment. As an academic essay, you should aim to
write in 3rd person only when preparing this assignment.

6. References
Note: When reviewing your LopesWrite Report for this
assignment, please ensure that your similarity score is as close
to 0 as possible and that your quoted material percentage is not
more than 20%.