I envision that my students will be comfortable in my classroom and be able to learn, ask questions, and foster their imagination no matter what disability they may or may not have. I want to be able to show my students that learning is fun and that they can learn from anything in life. I want to be able to show my students how to garden, cook, clean, paint, draw, read, write, experiment, and solve problems in life in a creative and fun way. The world doesn’t have to be so boring, annoying, and dangerous like many people think. While there may be bad parts in the world, there are so many incredibly beautiful things as well. The four theorists that I really resonate with are Jerome Bruner, John Dewey, Howard Gardner, and Jean Piaget. 

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With Bruner, I love how he emphasizes that children should be active participants in their learning and in making sense of the world. Children should be able to interact with their environment, experiment with it, and create connections to things they have previously learned. With Dewey, I like that he focuses on making children the center of education rather than the curriculum and goals for schools and teachers. The children should be a school or teacher’s first priority as well as their quality of education. A child’s education path should reflect their interests and should allow them to explore and interact with the world. I also love Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory. He says that while everyone is able to learn in multiple ways, we each have our strengths and weaknesses and our education should reflect and adapt to everyone’s individual needs. Finally, I absolutely love Jean Piaget’s view on constructivism and that children need to be able to learn by doing rather than listening. Many students struggle to understand why they would need to learn certain things in class because they don’t see how they can connect to the real world. I believe students should be able to interact with their education and their environment at the same time and understand how the two work together and why they are learning what they are.