Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement
Concepts
Teaching Philosophy
The teaching philosophy is a written statement of the educator's general personal views on teaching.
Teaching Philosophy Statement
The philosophy statement often attempts to express what methods of teaching the candidate practices.
Example of a Teaching Philosophy
Elizabeth Johnson
Mission Statement
It is a formal summary of the aims and values of a school, company, organization, or individual.
Vision Statement
A vision statement is a declaration of an organization's objectives, intended to guide its internal decision-making.
Example of a Mission Statement and a Vision Statement
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Magnet Schools / MDCPS
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IN CLASS ACTIVITY
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- Students organize themselves in 8 groups.
- Students define the term creativity.
- Students explain what teaching philosophy means.
GROUP 1
Kathleen Weetman, Kyle Riegler, Blaire Bowers, Maggie Reich
What is creativity?
Imagination, thinking of new ideas.
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Imagination, thinking of new ideas.
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According to Robinson, it is also:
Diverse: different ideas of different categories
Dynamic: constant evolution of ideas with connection and application on multiple fields
Distinct: unique, ideas true to the individual
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What does the term teaching philosophy mean?
Teaching Philosophy: addressing the different learning methods and
teaching in more than just one fashion. Make use of a modern,
student-based classroom.
GROUP 2
Julie Kim, Kaici Aloupis, and Noah Singer
- What is creativity
- A way to express yourself in ways that you believe in, without outside influences
- 3 ways he defined education
- Diverse
- Intelligence from different facets of your life
- Over time you will acquire intelligence in different fields
- Distinct
- Your background will influence your distinct intelligence
- Your intelligence will be different than everybody else
- Dynamic
- It’s always changing
- You’re always giving and receiving intelligence
- Teaching Philosophy
- Our teaching philosophy
- Open to others and cognoscente to others
- Listen to others and hear others that will then help you make better decisions
- Constructive criticism and be able to work with others with the goal to improve yourself
- Not viewing yourself as better than the students but as equals who can learn from each other
GROUP 3
Michael Barnett, Jake Teplitzky, Waymond Steed, DJ Ivey
What is creativity?
The ability of people to take a similar situation and come up with different results or solutions
Intelligence
Distinct- recognizable in terms of credit and accomplishments
Diverse- Being able to use different approaches or knowledge base to solve problems
Dynamic- Quick thinking, dealing with immediate or new problems
What kind of teaching philosophy would we come up with?
Look to foster creativity. Empower individual curiosity. Cultivate the future of education.
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GROUP 4
Millie Chokshi, Jessica Maristany, Claudia Delorenzo and Jamie Norton
What is creativity?
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Thinking outside the box
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Coming up with new ideas
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Being flexible and imagining new things
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Not following the rules, rebelling, being different
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Being authentic and being true to yourself
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Not afraid to fail
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Realizing there’s not one way to do things
Intelligence as 3 things: diverse, dynamic and distinct
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Diverse: there are infinite types of intelligence
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Academic intelligence
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STEM vs. humanities
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Emotional & social intelligence
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Ability with others
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Artistic intelligence
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Music, dance, arts, theatre
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Athletic intelligence
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Dynamic
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Learning never stops
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Ability to develop new types of intelligence
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Different ways to express your intelligence (writing, speaking, drawing, movement/dancing)
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Interests change over time
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Distinct
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Standing out
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Having a specific skill-set and specialized knowledge base that distinguishes you from others in your field
What kind of teaching philosophy would you come up with?
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One that harbors the creativity of the students
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Create a comfortable working space
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Allowing the students to have the choice over how they want to express their intelligence
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GROUP 5
Luke Didriksen, Emily Gossett, Sonny Qadir, Lexi Fioto
What is Creativity?
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How you express yourself
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Thinking outside the box
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Subconscious innate creativity unique to each individual
Describe Intelligence
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Not always about being smart, more of about exceeding the bar in a
unique field specific to each person
o Diverse: unique to each
person – intelligence cannot be defined in one manner
o Dynamic: as individuals we
are constantly learning new things
o Distinct: there are
different learning styles – not everyone learns the same
How We Would Teach Our Class
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Emphasis on diversity of thought and catering to unique learning styles
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Lots of hands on activities and real world examples
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Teaching in all different styles so students can become more receptive
of the different types of learning
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Use multiple teaching styles and notice the students that learn better
with that specific style and gear learning towards them in their most optimal
learning style.
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GROUP 6
Faith Markey, Kathleen (Katie) Kean, Sydney Frankel, and Val Ferrante
What is creativity: creativity is the ability to express your self, thoughts,
ideas without limitation. The ability to use your mind freely.
- How can intelligence by dynamic, diverse, and distinct? there are different types of intelligence: For example, emotional intelligence, intellectual intelligence, and social intelligence; these represent diverse subsets of intelligence. Every person has different passions, and will be more intelligent in certain fields than others. Therefore, no ones levels of intelligence are exactly the same.
Our teaching philosophy: to use different teaching styles that appeal to
different learning styles. it would help to sit in a circle so that
each student can look directly at each other. it would be
student-centered, so we can incorporate what the students
are interested in learning about/ what they respond to. we would
integrate technology into our lesson plans to help them be successful in
today’s technology-centered society.
How can intelligence by dynamic, diverse, and distinct?
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Group 7
Prince Hassan, Delon Scaife, John Campbell, Gregory Rousseau , Kai-Leon Herbert
Creativity:
Being innovative and thinking outside of the box. This may be tough in today's norms because of traditional educational environments.
How can intelligence by dynamic, diverse, and distinct?
diverse: By having options instead of one curriculum
distinct: By having a specific skill set
dynamic; By immediately making students comfortable in their space and adjust accordingly.
How We Would Teach Our Class
Everyone learns differently and most classrooms are not set up for this. Some people are visually, hands on, etc. In an ideal world we would need many diverse classrooms with many learning approaches and opportunities.
Our Preferred Teaching Philosophy
Our preferred teaching philosophy is that which will provide students with a full learning experience including many hands on activities; one which will require students to be constantlly engaged. Maybe we can share classrooms with specific philosophies according to the students needs.
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Group 8
Brooke Jaffe, Rachel Buis, Francis Marty
Creativity:
Coming up with an original idea with organic materials.
How can intelligence by dynamic, diverse, and distinct?
Dynamic: Process changes wit time and interest.
Diverse: Knowing a little bit of everything. Stimulating multiple interests leading to a focus area.
Distinct: An area of focus interest which you allow more time to develop.
Our Preferred Teaching Philosophy
Being flexible to each student's needs to establish a comfortable learning environment, establishing trust and respect with me s a teacher but also with each other. Using different teaching styles; also telling students to become adaptable to different teaching styles.
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