Week 8 Assignment: Personal Philosophy Of Teaching Part II
As discussed earlier in this course, your personal teaching philosophy is a work in progress. During week 8, you will revisit and revise your teaching philosophy that you submitted during week 1. As part of this assignment, you should evaluate your original philosophy and include a one-page discussion of how your thoughts and ideas about teaching have changed and developed during this course. Guidelines for revising your teaching philosophy and the one-page discussion are below.
Assignment Guidelines
Revised Personal Teaching Philosophy (3–5 pages)
Reflect on the teaching principles and practices discussed during the course.
What did you learn about teaching that you did not know prior to this course?
What stood out as important to you over the past 8 weeks?
Consider how you might expand, adapt, or change your original philosophy to your current perspective on teaching (or you may feel compelled to take it in a completely new direction).
Your revised teaching philosophy should:
Have a clear focus or theme.
Be authentic and personal.
Relay who you are (or aspire to be) as a teacher.
Exhibit genuine enthusiasm for teaching.
Clearly express your current teaching values and beliefs, and discuss why you hold those values and beliefs (whether or not they have changed).
Describe your current teaching goals (whether or not they have changed).
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Week 8 Assignment: Part II of Personal Teaching Philosophy
Week 8 Assignment: Part II of Personal Teaching Philosophy
Your particular teaching philosophy is a work in progress, as we addressed earlier in this course. Week 8 will be spent revisiting and revising your teaching philosophy, which you submitted in week 1. You should analyze your original philosophy as part of this assignment, and give a one-page explanation of how your thoughts and ideas about teaching have changed and developed over the semester. The one-page discussion and guidelines for updating your teaching philosophy are included below.
Assignment Guidelines
Revised Personal Teaching Philosophy (3–5 pages)
Reflect on the teaching principles and practices discussed during the course.
What did you learn about teaching that you did not know prior to
