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Starting with Philosophy: Examining Teaching Philosophy as a Starting Point for Improvement

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Finally, I place a strong emphasis on assessment as a tool for both learning and evaluation. If we simply took this philosophy of teaching and moved ahead into practice, I would imagine that through higher education our college and university classrooms would be much different.

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Starting with Philosophy: Examining Teaching Philosophy as a Starting Point for Improvement

Faculty Focus

Finally, I place a strong emphasis on assessment as a tool for both learning and evaluation. If we simply took this philosophy of teaching and moved ahead into practice, I would imagine that through higher education our college and university classrooms would be much different.

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Teaching Goal-Writing to All Students

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Since the act of goal-writing necessitates an overall understanding of the course and its assignments, along with an analysis of their own strengths and weaknesses, students have to take an active part in their learning from the beginning of the course. The student who was expecting me “to teach him a lot” missed the first lesson.

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Feedback as a Dialogue 

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How have my various experiences influenced my teaching philosophy, and which principles do I rely on to inform my interactions and collaboration with learners? I focused on creating personalized assignments as well as experiences by using a few different tools that invited learners to share their goals for the course.

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Taking Grades (Stress) Out of Learning 

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To accompany this teaching philosophy, I adopt ungrading 2 in all my courses. Feedback-Only: No Points I do not attach points to any assignments. If students want to know how well they did in an assignment, they must read my feedback. Ask for questions to ensure every student understands how to complete the assignment.

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