I am a dreamer. I think outside the box. Creativity, warmth and learning are values ​​that are dear to me. After reviewing the text “Educational Psychology” by Anita Woolfolk, Phillip Winne, and Nancy Perry, my beliefs and values ​​tie most closely to the two central ideas of constructivism; the idea that the learner is active in constructing their knowledge, as well as the idea that social interactions are important to the learning process (2011). A philosophy is much more than just ideas on paper. This affects the entirety of your interactions with students, as well as how your class is organized, two things that are very important for a high-quality constructivist classroom. In addition to being a dreamer, I am also a Certified Early Childhood Educator (RECE) and for the past ten years I have worked in a child care center with an emergent curriculum, primarily in the kindergarten and school age programs . Like constructivism, the emergent curriculum is based on the theories of Jean Piaget, John Dewey, and Lev Vygotsky. Teachers plan programming based on children's interests, record the results, analyze the results, and then plan more programming around these new interests. I may currently be an RECE, but teaching in an elementary school has always been something I've wanted to do since I was very young. I was very fortunate to have many teachers whose love of being an educator was so palpable that it inspired me to do the same for a future generation. That's why I'm currently at the University of Windsor getting my psychology degree. After I graduate, I plan to apply to teacher training college. Working closely with public and Catholic school board teachers, I have observed that children are expected to learn primarily through paper. ....nts engaged in the learning process, helping students, engaging in open dialogue, and using the classroom in the way that best meets their learning needs. I want to be a teacher who bases programming on student interests, not on what would be easiest to achieve what is needed in the curriculum. I want to be a teacher who is open to change, flexible enough to follow students' interests, and welcoming enough that students feel they can come to me for the help they need. I want to transmit the values ​​of warmth, creativity and learning. Does this sound idealistic to you? Yes, it is. But like I said, I'm a dreamer and I wouldn't have it any other way. Works Cited Dewdney, A. (2009). Lama Lama misses mom. New York: Viking. Woolfolk, AE, Winne, PH, & Perry, NE (2011). Educational Psychology (5th ed.) Toronto: Pearson.