A person, who goes through a thinking process, then understands and clarifies perspectives of reality, is a paradigm. A paradigm shift is when the person who understands and clarifies certain aspects of life, makes it a new way of living and thinking. These two definitions are potent just like transformation. Paradigm can be considered reinvention of the mind. And the paradigm shift is a transformation that happens instantly.
Personally, I do not think I ever went through a paradigm shift because I normally progress over time, and change slowly but surely. According to the reading, it says I must let go of the old to embrace the new. I can’t be one foot in and one foot out, it must happen right then and there, all at once. A paradigm shift sounds like a great experience. I have thought and understood many paradigms, but never quite took the shift because I tend to hold on to the past, materialistic thoughts or things, and even ideas I had since I was in elementary school. I can say I do believe in the new paradigms. Like the earth is round, not flat. I was born into the belief of the new paradigm shifts.
As a teacher, there are certain rules and standards by the state and the school will require me to abide by. Some of these standards will be best for me and my classroom. And others probably can’t and won’t even work. And as a teacher it is probably best that I have some kind of eureka experience (paradigm), in order for me to shift things around in the system or in my classroom. Teachers must have paradigm and paradigm shifts because the classroom setting is changing constantly. Classes are becoming more diverse, technology, children of all races, gender, religions, and exceptional students are all being integrated into the classroom with all these changes from the student point of view, changes must happen for the teachers.
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