Reflection 3-Paradigm

Paradigms and paradigm shifts are not a new subject to me being that I was introduced to the subject by an educator a couple of years back. Paradigms are defined as the model that we have for different things. With paradigms, people are able to understand things much more easily and by associating different situations or things we these paradigms that they already have, it is relatively easy for them to handle the current situation. A change or renovations in the models that we have are called paradigm shifts. In one’s life they may experience many changes that will allow them to rethink and maybe even reconstruct some of their ways, values and beliefs. I think it is important for teachers to experience paradigm shifts because not everyone will have the same beliefs as their own. It is important to be able to change and in doing so even develop new outlooks on society. With these new outlooks that have been created, people will e more able to adapt and respond to changes with a quickness and agility that will assist them in their everyday lives. To my knowledge, I haven’t experienced a paradigm shift. Or maybe I have in the past and just didn’t recognize it as a paradigm shift. I am almost positive that I will have one because honestly a shift in paradigms won’t kill anyone; certainly not me. Whenever I do experience a paradigm shift, at least with the knowledge I have now I would be able to take notice in the change that would be taking place. I’ll even be able to use it as an example in my classroom one day when I’m teaching my students. Teachers have to be able to change and experience paradigm shifts because they are educating tomorrow’s future. We all know that a good majority of people learn by example and in this case teachers should be able to lead by example. When the students that they are teaching witness the ease of change in their teachers’ lives, they too will be able to handle things well and be able to go into the world with a new outlook on life. This isn’t to say that these students should throw away what they have already acquired as knowledge but this will assist them with putting the pieces of the puzzle together and utilizing the many different skills they will have retained. If only all of the inhabitants of the world believed that they needed a shift in paradigms in order for their lives to be more abundant and promising with them being receptive of changes.
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