Difference between revisions of "Exploring Your Own Conceptions of Teaching and Learning/Writing your own teaching philosophy statement"
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| − | According to the McGraw Centre for Teaching and Learning at | + | According to the McGraw Centre for Teaching and Learning at Princeton University: |
<p class="quoted-text">"Developing a teaching philosophy statement allows you to reflect on and articulate your beliefs and practices as a teacher. The most meaningful statements of teaching philosophy identify sophisticated goals for teaching and describe varied methods for meeting them. They consider the relationship between teaching content and teaching skills and demonstrate an understanding of student learning. At their best, they are intellectually revealing; rather than simply describe your teaching experience, they demonstrate how you think about your teaching.</p> | <p class="quoted-text">"Developing a teaching philosophy statement allows you to reflect on and articulate your beliefs and practices as a teacher. The most meaningful statements of teaching philosophy identify sophisticated goals for teaching and describe varied methods for meeting them. They consider the relationship between teaching content and teaching skills and demonstrate an understanding of student learning. At their best, they are intellectually revealing; rather than simply describe your teaching experience, they demonstrate how you think about your teaching.</p> | ||
<p class="instructions">[http://www.princeton.edu/mcgraw/library/for-grad-students/teaching-statement http://www.princeton.edu/mcgraw/library/for-grad-students/teaching-statement]</p> | <p class="instructions">[http://www.princeton.edu/mcgraw/library/for-grad-students/teaching-statement http://www.princeton.edu/mcgraw/library/for-grad-students/teaching-statement]</p> | ||
| − | Many people have found that Exercise 1 (below), is a useful starting point for the reflection necessary to produce an effective teaching philosophy statement. It is also useful for generating text that may later be incorporated in such a statement. | + | <p class="navigation">Many people have found that Exercise 1 (below), is a useful starting point for the reflection necessary to produce an effective teaching philosophy statement. It is also useful for generating text that may later be incorporated in such a statement.</p> |
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| − | Now take the best one or two of your completed statements and post | + | Now take the best one or two of your completed statements and post to the group via the 'Discussion' page tool. |
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Latest revision as of 08:57, 28 August 2012
Exploring Your Own Conceptions of Teaching and Learning
Writing your own teaching philosophy statement
According to the McGraw Centre for Teaching and Learning at Princeton University:
"Developing a teaching philosophy statement allows you to reflect on and articulate your beliefs and practices as a teacher. The most meaningful statements of teaching philosophy identify sophisticated goals for teaching and describe varied methods for meeting them. They consider the relationship between teaching content and teaching skills and demonstrate an understanding of student learning. At their best, they are intellectually revealing; rather than simply describe your teaching experience, they demonstrate how you think about your teaching.
http://www.princeton.edu/mcgraw/library/for-grad-students/teaching-statement
