# Foundations of Education

- By: SUNY Oneonta Education Department
- Source: [LibreTexts](https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Early_Childhood_Education/General_Child_Development/Foundations_of_Education_(SUNY_Oneonta))
- Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
- Read at LibreTexts: https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Early_Childhood_Education/General_Child_Development/Foundations_of_Education_(SUNY_Oneonta)
- PDF: https://downloads.libretexts.org/api/v1/download/socialsci-69247/pdf

Pre-service teachers require a strong foundation that includes an understanding of the student’s motivation for becoming a teacher, reflection on the ethics of an educator, awareness of and identification of their own philosophies of education, and an understanding of twenty-first-century skills and literacies.