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Teaching Goal-Writing to All Students

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Their attempt to write specific goals demonstrates an inability to effectively move from essay and reflective language to professional language. I’ve discovered that I can teach students about objectives in a way that clarifies and enhances course concepts along with my relationship with them.

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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? For example, creating an outline that eventually leads to some type of media, such as an essay or a podcast.

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Transforming Adult Students into Scholars

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She’s trying to show them her teaching philosophy, she explains. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” Should their essays have a thesis statement? She promises to share an example essay soon. Writing an essay about a timeless text. They ask to see an example paper.

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Religion Is a Taboo Topic. I Discuss It in My Classroom Anyway.

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In this essay, I share my journey of moving beyond fear and ignorance to embrace taboo topics in the classroom. Discovering a New Perspective Everything changed during my second year of teaching when I enrolled in a multicultural education course as part of my M.Ed.