...Teaching Philosophy My teaching philosophy has its basis in my own experience and the nature of project management work. The parallels of teaching project management and any associated concepts to being a Project Manager are significant for me. I encourage a class of diverse students, not unlike a multi-disciplined project team, to participate and collaborate to get the most out of their learning. Similar to planning and executing scopes of work as project manager for commercial and government clients, my responsibility as an instructor is to develop and provide a stimulating learning experience to facilitate understanding and mastery of course objectives by the students. Therefore, my goal, as with my project clients, is to ensure that their expectations have been met - not only have course objectives as strictly written been achieved, but the value of the subject matter has been uniquely and successfully absorbed by each student. I am thrilled to see students complete a course competent in its technical content as well as confident in their ability to integrate their new skills into everyday practice. My teaching philosophy is grounded in the belief that people learn through doing – that concrete experience coupled with active reflection is one of the best approaches to learning. I believe we learn from failures as much as success, and that the classroom experience is not restricted to the classroom environment. My overall goal is to expose the students to the theory of...
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...Teaching Philosophy for Business Teaching especially in Business, I am always strain to move forward the simple expressing of facts and knowledge or even the training of certain skills. Instead, teachers in a liberal arts environment have the broad responsibility of serving as guide and mentor on an intellectual journey, opening and extending curious minds by exposing them to new thoughts and ideas. As education helps expand the students’ horizon and forces them to critically examine their values, goals, and ideals, they learn to sympathize and empathize with others of different backgrounds. This enables them to come fully into their own as human beings who can share the common secure of humanity with other world citizens as they retain and value their prominent and separate identities. Students can afford the opportunity to confront new ideas and different points of views in classroom, all the while increasing their abilities to discuss and defend their own positions both in discussions and in writing. In my composition class this translates into an interactive, group-oriented classroom that focuses in equal amounts on the three components of critical thinking, reading, and writing. “It is now generally conceded that the art of thinking critically is a major missing link in education today, and that effective communication and problem-solving skills, as well as mastery of content, require critical thinking. It is also generally recognized that the ability to think critically...
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...Statement of Teaching Philosophy Through my education and extensive work experience, I have demonstrated my dedication to education, with a dedicated commitment to school counseling, elementary school guidance, literacy education and special education. I have a strong work and educational background in K-12 education and as an undergraduate instructor in Education. I do not “teach” in the traditional sense of the word, but I believe facilitating learning. To me, learning is a process that begins and ends with the student. My instructional practice centers around personalizing each student’s learning experience through a constructivist approach to instruction. Everyone comes to my class with different backgrounds, experiences, and knowledge. Every student learns material in different ways. Everyone needs to learn something different in order to master the course outcomes and objectives. It is vital that an instructor not only recognizes this, but has the skillset to put a plan of action into place to accommodate individuals as well as meet institutional and course objectives. My job is to provide personalized instruction based on individual needs within my classroom while collectively encouraging group participation. I believe online teaching is effective because it provides the instructor the ability to communicate with students one-on-one – in many cases, more so than in a once-a-week seated classroom situation. The instructor gets to know the students’ educational...
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...My current teaching philosophy incorporates motivation, commonality, other’s characteristics, making a difference, and relevance, as well as, values, the learning environment, and student/teacher relationship. First, I think the subject that is being taught should motivate the instructor. Knowing what one’s motivation is will enable a continuous cycle of success in student/teacher interaction. A motivated instructor learns as much as possible about the subject and passes it on to the student. In turn, the student is motivated to apply what is learned. A motivated instructor motivates the student. Ultimately, this will be a common occurrence. Teaching should maneuver the learning system in ways that cause students to accept a profound learning approach in an effort to achieve the course's requirements, allowing the desired course learning results (Myers & Nulty, 2008). Additionally, teaching should be designed by collecting information and formulating various decisions about how the course will be taught (Fink, 2003). The characteristics of others tend to spill over into one’s own teaching methods. Various characteristics of instructors from past experience are of significant worth. The traits of simplicity, clarity, supportiveness, and provision help create an environment conducive to effective learning. For instance the use of simple and clear instructions aides the student in efficiently completing assignments. The support and provision of the instructor shows...
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...Philosophy of Education I believe all children are born with the willingness to learn, in fact I think we all strive for knowledge. The way we are taught is the way we learn and sometimes that can be a good thing or a bad thing. I remember as a kid (elementary age) I would go to school a total of eight hours and I would be excited to go to some classes and others I had no interest in. Example: when I would go to math class I would get super excited because the way the teacher taught I understood, we would do group exercises, and lots of hand on projects just to learn what the teacher was teaching. Then there was Communication arts although I sometimes enjoyed what I was reading everything was in text while we read the teacher sat at her desk, so I would not do so well on quizzes. I have a son now that’s like that he comes home every day from school and tells me he does not understand something in his homework, it can be from math, reading, science or another subject but as soon as I sit him down and walk him through it by using simple steps or maybe items around the house he gets it and the look on his face is breath taking. My Philosophy of education is both progressivism and social Reconstructionism. As an educator of American History and my philosophy of beliefs I want my students to build critical thinking skills, Problem solving skills, social skills and not just read plain text. we live in a world today where we have so much happening that knowledge of education is not...
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...Jesus Sanchez Aaron Rife ELPS 250 8 April 2013 The teaching philosophy of Jesus My philosophy as a teacher would be to be as helpful to my students as possible. I plan to be an exciting vocal teacher. In my opinion, a Spanish class or in any other language class needs that excitement because unless someone is extremely interested in it, they just will not care and all that knowledge will be lost. Also I would lean more to the Consequential theory mainly because I believe that doing what is best for the child is not always written. I would also use unconsequential but I believe it is just their to keep peoples conscious clear. In being helpful I would set times after school if the students need help in both education or if they just wanted to talk. I believe if a teacher has earned the trust with the student he/she would have a better attitude towards the class. In addition, when a student has a better attitude he/she tends to interact more and that is essential to a language coarse. My objective as a teacher is to create that atmosphere. Another way to help is to pay attention to the adolescents themselves. Although we as educators are teaching them, there is no reason why we cannot learn from them. In this way teachers can see some common problems that might be occurring and try to confront them or tell someone. It also helps to keep current and the teacher may seem to connect to the students...
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...Teaching Philosophy Using developmental knowledge to create a healthy, education with an academic setting is a requirement for all educators. I believe to improve the lives of children with disability, using a child-centered approach will help them grow and develop to their fullest potential. Feeling welcome, safety, and treating each child fairly will ensure this growth. Having lesson plans that are enough to engage the child, create a healthy atmosphere and variation to inspire or capture children attention. I will nourish and support an inclusion classroom, where children will benefit from peer interaction. I chose children with disability because I am fearless with trying new things and making a difference. I am firm, gentle, generous, and will accomplish all obstacles that will come my way. Being faced with daily challenges, the parent's along with myself will be trained, and support one another therefore we can collaborate to better serve the children. I will encourage parent to share with me their concerns or questions, and also respect their role as parents. My class room will be a safe environment for children with disabilities. I will have a positive workplace promoting respect, integrity and honesty. It is my belief that children with disabilities are just as creative as the others and they have a right to high quality education. I will provide active learning, individualized instruction, observation, and developmentally practice. It is also my objective to...
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...Alexis Vargo EDU 1000 12-09-14 Jones Sessler My Teaching Philosophy As an educational practitioner, my beliefs closely tie to the educational philosophy of Progressivism. As an educator I plan to make my teaching more than just about the teacher and teaching the standardized content and material, but to make it about the students and their understandings of the material. I will create a social, emotional, and physical relationships and connections with my students to ensure that all of my students can develop critical learning skills in my classroom. I will also encourage student based learning and collaboration with their peers. I believe students need to work together to discover new ideas. Engaging every single one of my students in my lesson plans is an essential part in order to give every student the best opportunity to thrive while they are learning. I am very big on implementing all of the learning styles, especially kinesthetic learning. In doing this hands-on learning style, I will keep my students engaged and excited and wanting to learn. Every one of my students will make mistakes and learn to know that it is okay to make mistakes, as long as they learn from them. I will be creating a warm welcoming environment so my students can feel and know that they are in a safe place. All of my students have the ability to learn!! I will take the time to work one on one with every single of my students, struggling or not. This way each student gets the fairness of learning...
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...My Teaching Philosophy Having spent many years as an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learner, a lot of what I do in the classroom as an ESL/EFL teacher has some sort of connection to my own experience as a language learner. One of the most valuable lessons I was able to take away from this experience is the importance of making language teaching/learning as authentic as possible. In my opinion, the target language should be used as a means of communication in the classroom and not just as a subject of academic interest. This way, language instruction is meaningful and effective. After all, most people who decide to learn a language do so in order to be able to communicate in the target language. Regarding meaningful interactions, I am a firm believer that for language learning to take place, learners need to be exposed to the target language in a meaningful way. I think that a way to make language instruction meaningful is by taking into consideration students' individual differences. By having a clear idea of who my students are, I am capable of making informed pedagogical decisions, such as establishing appropriate learning goals and objectives, and selecting suitable content, teaching approaches and materials. Further, when it comes to making language instruction more authentic, I believe that integrating skills is crucial. Given that most real-world communicative situations require people to combine the use of skills, it seems logical to me to want to replicate...
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...Teaching Philosophy As a learner, I subscribe to the idea that life is one long learning curve. In my association with life, I have come to the realization that earning a degree does not necessarily translate to getting an education. Rather, the more a person knows, the more she spirals into a perpetual state of ignorance, and serendipitously, yearns through an unrelenting hunger for more knowledge. As an educator, I believe that each student should have the opportunity to reach his fullest potential relative to the resources available and personal capabilities of any particular student. Hence, teachers should be encouraged, instructed, and counseled to acquire the necessary tools in helping students to attain their highest endeavors. In addition, teachers should also be motivated to establish a nurturing relationship with their students in order to ensure that each child feels valued as an individual. A well-known mantra exclaims: “Children could care less what you know, unless they know that you care.” One way to achieve this is for teachers to be inspired to encourage all community members (i.e. parents, relatives, fellow teachers, businesses, and administrators) to get genuinely involved and to actively participate in the child’s social, physical, emotional, spiritual, and academic development. This brings to mind the popular song that resonates these words: “I believe the children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty...
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...As a visual learner, I tend to struggle on essay tests because the teaching method used during lectures causes me to drift off, making it hard to retain the information. Now that I am in a graduate program, I know that if I use color highlights to outline my reading material, it will help me to retain the information much better. While comparing myself to others, I have noticed that some people remember things they see, some remember from hearing, and then there are those who remember things from experience. The various types of learning activities that match my learning style is to provide a visual aid activity for students which would include using videos, puzzles, computers, over heard projectors and graphic organizers. While using graphic organizers in my Business Management class, I have noticed a great change in my students’ success. Graphic Organizer helps create a visual outline of the chapters studied. Using visual aids to teach is a great way for student with various learning styles to learn. I also use dry eraser boards with colorful markers to engage the students’ attention. I found that using various colors to outline the different areas in my lesson plans allows the students to follow a flow of the engaging activities for the day. In order for me to succeed in the MATLT program, and online learning environment, I must first get organized by printing out each week’s discussions and assignments. I underline important facts and information using colorful...
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...Name: Roneige Alnord Class: Foundation of Music Education (fall 11) Prof: Dr. Williams My teaching Strategy Considering the downfall of the music education today, it is important that educators rethink of a new perspective that could not only motivate music students and educators but give the audience, parents, and principals a good reason to support our vocation. There are a great number of people that graduated from high school, some are still college students that would keep following the path they started years ago in high school when they were playing on a concert band, orchestra or marching band, singing on a choir and become great and successful musicians if at least they had a teacher who could inspire them, someone who could guide them to find the freedom of expressing themselves and play music the way they feel and see it. As a future teacher, I am already concern on how and what I will give my student as tools. So, it is my responsibility to start thinking and planning of a good strategy first to get my students’ attention, motivate them and show them good ways to develop their music skills according to their inspiration. In life, there are different types of people when it comes to desire and what they want to do. Some people just try and if anything works, they just let go. Some people in the other hand, push really far until they can satisfy their desires. This is what we often call Persistence. From my experience on the music field, persistence is what brings...
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...gains the tools needed for a successful future. Through education, a teacher does not only teach facts, but also teaches life skills. Education helps students develop discipline, responsibility, cooperation, an other skills they will need to be productive citizens of our society. As a teacher, I hope to instill these skills in my students. I also desire to help them develop as individuals. An education allows students to fully understand and discover who they are, while also providing them the ability to survive in the today’s world. Education involves respecting every student's race, sex, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and religion. It should teach the students to think on their own, and to accept and embrace their individuality. My philosophy of education pulls from a number of theoretical frameworks. The key component, however, is the individual, more specifically, the student. Each of us - each student - is unique, even though we sometimes share a common social view of the world. Each student has had their own experiences that can differ from those who are in their learning environment. The way in which each individual incorporates these experiences into his or her overall understandings, through making relationships or making meaningful connections, results in uniqueness. Instead of trying to teach students through only one method I hope to recognize the different learning styles of my students and create an environment that provides each one with a chance to succeed. ...
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...Philosophy paper Introduction to teaching 1301 By:Magaly Berumen My philosophy is that an educator is the most valuable resource our country has. Of all the jobs or careers in this world none of them would be possible without teachers. There are two main points to my philosophy, why teachers are important and who teachers are. Teachers are very important in our society because we need them to provide our youth with the knowledge and social experiences they will need to improve their future and the future of the entire planet. Teachers are more than just people who relay information about a certain subject. Who teachers are, they are anyone and everyone. Teachers are grandmothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters. For anything to be learned it must be taught. I remember many times my mom and dad sitting me down to talk about some situations that might come about and telling me ways to deal with them. Classroom teachers especially in the early years are the people that those students will see most throughout the course of the day and will learn social skills and manors from. I feel that teachers are role models weather they want to be or not, it comes with the job. As a teacher I hope to be able influence many lives and help students understand what education can do for them and their future. The purpose of education is to help students gain knowledge to be used in their career, social, and personal lives. Education is important in teaching students the past and helping them...
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...Being a teacher its vital to have a powerful faith in the future. Teaching is one of the most powerful of role models. I truly believe teachers are the future of our education. One thing that specifically led me into teaching is having parents in the education system. My mom being a Kindergarten teacher and my dad being an 8th grade social studies teacher has empowered me to further the role of “teaching.” Also, being able to have an impact on many students through the years seems to be very rewarding. Ultimately, the teacher can be a very vital resource for the students and to have the responsibly of that can be very powerful. Part of being a teacher is arranging your classroom according to your fit and your students fit. With this being...
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