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

Faculty Focus

Faculty members need a philosophy of teaching statement when applying for jobs and throughout their time in higher education. Yes, ChatGPT could write it and it might look a little like this: My philosophy of teaching is centered on the belief that all students have the potential to learn and succeed.

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

Faculty Focus

Faculty members need a philosophy of teaching statement when applying for jobs and throughout their time in higher education. Yes, ChatGPT could write it and it might look a little like this: My philosophy of teaching is centered on the belief that all students have the potential to learn and succeed.

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Tired of the Same Old Professional Development? Let Students Lead.

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Underpinning this skepticism was the core belief, reinforced by schools, that young people are exclusively the learners and adults are exclusively the teachers. After these discussions, I posed a question to my students: “Do you all want to lead a training for us–your teachers–focused on how we could do better?” Wait, we can DO that?”

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‘Press Play’ Isn’t a Teaching Strategy: Why Educators Need New Methods for Video

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Given that YouTube continues to be chocked full of educational videos that are often accessible and custom-captioned, perhaps we don’t have to reinvent the wheel or become DIY videographers to find an approach to video-based learning that matches our teaching philosophy?

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Helping Educators Reimagine AI’s Role in Transformational Learning

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Early in my career as a teacher, I was asked to write my teaching philosophy. While I initially struggled to articulate my beliefs about teaching and learning, one principle remained clear: Students must be at the center of every decision I made in my classroom.

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Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Faculty Focus

A track record of strong student evaluations and an articulate teaching philosophy do not exempt me from ongoing learning, and the title “professor” does not confer automatic status as the all-knowing one in the classroom. She is also the author of The Counterintuitive Writer: A Writing Guide for Students. References Tolle, E.

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Learning Outcomes for Instructors, Not Just Students

Faculty Focus

A track record of strong student evaluations and an articulate teaching philosophy do not exempt me from ongoing learning, and the title “professor” does not confer automatic status as the all-knowing one in the classroom. She is also the author of The Counterintuitive Writer: A Writing Guide for Students. References Tolle, E.