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My Teaching Philosophy

The document outlines the author's teaching philosophy. Some key beliefs discussed include: [1] Teachers must understand how students learn differently and plan lessons accordingly, [2] Social interaction and collaboration are important for most learning, [3] Teachers must have strong subject knowledge and help students think critically, [4] Teachers must continuously learn to stay connected to students and society.]

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My Teaching Philosophy

The document outlines the author's teaching philosophy. Some key beliefs discussed include: [1] Teachers must understand how students learn differently and plan lessons accordingly, [2] Social interaction and collaboration are important for most learning, [3] Teachers must have strong subject knowledge and help students think critically, [4] Teachers must continuously learn to stay connected to students and society.]

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My Teaching Philosophy

I believe a good teacher, first, has a powerful faith in God and also to himself/herself. The

good teacher knows and understands students, how they develop and learn. I know that

students actively construct and transform their own knowledge based on past experiences

and prior learning. I know that students do not all learn in the same way or at the same rate.

I believe it is my responsibility as a teacher to be an effective diagnostician of students’

interests, abilities, and prior knowledge. I must then plan learning experiences that will both

challenge and allow every student to think and grow. I believe a good teacher must also

understand motivation and the effects of peer interactions on learning. I want all my students

to achieve at high levels, so I avoid sorting them and setting them up to compete with each

other. I know most learning happens through social interaction; therefore, I structure learning

so that students productively collaborate and cooperate with each other the vast majority of

class time. The good teacher must know her subjects and how to help students learn those

subjects. I know the good teacher must have a deep appreciation of how knowledge is created

in the discipline, how it is organized and how it is linked to other disciplines. I use my

knowledge of the discipline to expose my students to modes of critical thinking, encouraging

them to analyse, apply, synthesize, and evaluate all they read and hear. I love the subjects I

teach, and I know how to make them come alive for my students. A good teacher cannot

begin or continue to inspire learning without being a learner. The good teacher must

constantly learn what is new in the discipline. In fact, the good teacher often helps to create

new knowledge. To live this belief, I must continuously examine my teaching methods and

find new ones. To remain connected to my students, their lives and the schools in which they

will practice their professions, I must be a student of society and the constantly changing
worlds in which students live. I eagerly and willingly learn from my students as they learn with

me. I believe a teacher is the most powerful of role models.

I try to treat all people with dignity and respect, and I expect my students to do so

also. Despite writing a teaching philosophy, I really prefer to think about learning and helping

others learn as opposed to teaching. I believe many of us have come to accept a working

definition that teaching means giving information, which I believe is only the beginning of

teaching and certainly only a small part of learning. When one gives information, it is so easy

to equate learning with the memorization of that information. Memorization is not always

learning because learning requires thinking. I am beginning to understand that the teacher’s

greatest gift to the learner is helping the learner be motivated to think, and then to want to

learn more. I believe in the power of questions and questioning strategies to cause thinking.

I constantly try to ask questions for which there are no “right” answers. I constantly work to

become a better “questioner” for the effective use of questions is the most powerful strategy

a teacher has to help students learn. Finally, I believe a teacher lives to serve. A teacher is

dedicated to learning, to his or her discipline, to his or her students, and to making the future

the best possible place for all of us to live. These are the challenges I accepted when I chose

to be a teacher.

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