»Teaching Philosophies
What Is a Teaching philosophy?
A Teaching Philosophy provides a rich opportunity to articulate the guiding principles behind your educational philosophy. It begins with a reflection on how students learn and how that understanding informs your instructional methods and how your instructional methods impact student learning at various levels. Your teaching philosophy can also include information on how you have tried new teaching methods and activities as well.
What Should I Include in My Teaching Philosophy?
A teaching philosophy should include what teaching means to you and what your views are on regarding knowledge, skills or attitudes you want to foster in your students. To do this, you can describe whether your course learning outcomes or student learning outcomes are content-oriented, thinking process oriented, skill oriented, knowledge skills, attitudes, etc. You’ll also want to include what effective teaching strategies you use to help students achieve learning outcomes. Your reader should be able to visualize you in the classroom! Another piece of information you’ll want to include in your teaching philosophy is to include the types of assessments you use such as quizzes, projects, and why you chose these assessment methods for your courses. You want to be able to demonstrate that you provide a variety of opportunities to assess student learning. Lastly, your teaching philosophy should address how you want to develop professionally and grow as a teacher.
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