Philosophy of Education

Philosophy of Education

Teaching philosophies express your values and beliefs about teaching and learning. They are personal statements that introduce you, as a future teacher, to your reader. As such, they are written in the first person and convey a confident, professional tone. When writing a teaching philosophy, use specific examples to illustrate your points. You should also discuss how your values and beliefs about teaching fit into the context of your discipline.

Below are categories you might address with prompts to help you begin generating ideas. Work through each category, spending time thinking about the prompts and writing your ideas down.

  1. Definition of teaching- Your concept of teaching: discuss the relationship between teaching and learning by defining teaching and learning, providing examples, and drawing on personal experiences and views as well as those of colleagues, and/or mentors.

Note your values, beliefs, and aspirations as a teacher. (For example, do you wish to encourage mastery, competency, transformational learning, life-long learning, general transference of skills, critical thinking, etc.) What does a perfect teaching situation look like to you? Why do you consider this “perfect”? What is your role as a teacher?

  1. Your view of the learner and student development: Extending the discussion on teaching and learning you should focus now on your personal beliefs about learner and the learner’s characteristics (learning styles, learning environment, cognitive structures, learning strategies and student motivation) and their influence on student success in the learning environment.
  2. Goals and expectations of the student-teacher relationship: What skills should students obtain as the result of your teaching? Think about your ideal student and what the outcomes of your teaching would be in terms of this student’s knowledge or behavior. Address the goals you have for specific classes or curricula and the rationale behind them (i.e., critical thinking, writing, or problem solving). What are your attitudes toward advising and mentoring students? How would an observer see you interact with students? Why do you want to work with students?
  3. The methods you will use: What methods will you consider to reach these goals and objectives? What are your beliefs regarding learning theory and specific strategies you would use such as case studies, group work, simulations, interactive lectures, etc.? You might also include any new ideas or strategies you have used or want to try. Specific examples: How are the values and beliefs noted above realized in classroom activities? You may discuss course materials, lesson plans, activities, assignments, assessment instruments, etc.
  4. Assessing learning: How will you assess student growth and learning? What are your beliefs about grading? Do you grade students on a percentage scale (criterion referenced) or on a curve (norm referenced)? What different types of assessment will you use: traditional tests, projects, portfolios, or presentations?
  5. Professional growth: How will you continue growing as a teacher? What goals do you have for yourself and how will you reach them? How have your attitudes toward teaching and learning changed over time? How will you use your student evaluations to improve your teaching? How might you learn new skills? How do you know when you have taught effectively?
 
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role of an executive board member for a hypothetical nonprofit service organization

this group assignment, you are to take on the role of an executive board member for a hypothetical nonprofit service organization. As a group, you will decide what kind of community service your organization provides. It can be a homeless shelter, low-income housing provider, teen center, substance abuse treatment center, a senior center, or something else. The choice is yours. (CIVIL RIGHTS FOR THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY).

Your organization is facing a crisis called Not in My Backyard (NIMBY). The community in which you are located has decided that your services are not in keeping with the image the community wants to maintain, and it wants “those people” out of the community. To stay, you need to develop a strategic plan for educating the community, your membership, and your clients about what you do and what value this service provides to your community. Your future existence depends on the result.

As a Group

The Group must complete the M.Ed. Group Project Charter Requirements before moving forward with the assignment. The entire group is responsible for the review and completion of the M.Ed. Group Project Charter requirements. The Group Charter can be found here.

Select a type of nonprofit service organization, and identify some of the misperceptions that are causing the NIMBY response. You may do this through a chat session or a series of postings and responses to the group Discussion Board. There should be clear evidence that these decisions were made by the group and not by individuals.

Once you have established who you are and what issue you have, create a strategic training plan. In your strategic training plan, you need to include the following:

  • What services do you provide and to whom?
  • What is the culture of the organization and the people in it who will be affected by your planning?
  • What are the issues that the community says it has with your organization?
  • ☆Who do you need to educate?
  • ☆What are the educational objectives for each of these constituencies?
  • ☆What are the affective conditions of each constituency? How might the affective domain influence your choice and implementation of a training strategy?(THE LAST THREE QUESTIONS WITH THE STAR BESIDE IT IS THE PART IM RESPONSIBLE FOR I NEED AT LEAST 5 PAGES WRITTEN AND SCHOLARLY REFERENCES. THE TOPIC AGAIN IS CIVIL RIGHTS FOR THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY. 
 
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Predictions

Discussion: Predictions

If you used a flip phone in the early 2000s, would you have known that the idea of being able to carry a phone in your pocket would evolve into the reality of carrying a powerful computer in your pocket? Would you have seen how this technology would affect law enforcement in profound ways? For example, the ability to track a suspect by their cell phone use created many benefits for law enforcement, while also raising privacy issues. Perhaps you could predict the ability to pinpoint a location via a cell tower signal, but you may not have been able to predict the privacy implications. In this Discussion, you choose a significant feature or tool of modern policing and predict its long-term effects.

Post a response to the following:

  • Identify one significant event or decision from the “modern” era of policing.
  • To what degree do you believe the long-term implications of that event or decision were known at the time?
  • To what degree do you think unintended consequences—positive or negative—could have been predicted
  • Support your response with an article or other academically appropriate resource.
 
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Advanced Placement tests

Advanced Placement Tests 

  • From this week’s readings, the Advanced Placement tests (AP tests) are fiercely debated, with some prestigious private schools opting out of offering AP classes all together. Some schools will offer AP tests but not AP classes, claiming that their students do just fine on the AP tests without teaching the exact AP curriculum.    
    • Is the AP system an adequate program to prepare students for college?  
    • Explain your reasoning in terms of test preparation, accessibility to AP classes and taking the tests, and opportunities that AP credits provide. 
  • Respond to one of your classmates.    
    • Do you agree with their reasoning? Explain why.
    • Do you think that other scholastic aptitude tests such as the SAT or the ACT are enough or that schools should offer more college prep like the APs?
 
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