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

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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. However, we all can determine that by reading that AI-generated philosophy, we would need to tweak and edit it.

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

Faculty Focus

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. However, we all can determine that by reading that AI-generated philosophy, we would need to tweak and edit it.

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Taking Grades (Stress) Out of Learning 

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In my mind, the purpose of learning was to get good grades. Grades were everythingsymbols of success and a source of validation. I continued this pattern in college, focused solely on grades and making my parents proud. To accompany this teaching philosophy, I adopt ungrading 2 in all my courses.

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

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In 2017, I formed an after-school student activism and leadership club with a small group of seventh grade students. The impact of substandard and irrelevant PD is also noticeable to students. I wanted this club to be youth-led, so I relied heavily on student conversations to guide our work. I feel a lack of community when teachers yell.”

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

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Whether a feature film or an instructional video, the ‘80s and ‘90s were a ‘press-play’ culture that expected students to sit still, absorb and retain, while the educator sat in the back grading. I still remember one teacher I had pointing to his TV cart and saying, “that’s the busy teacher’s best friend.”

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

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Set up a digital portfolio that includes the following categories: Teaching philosophy. Based on your experience, come up with a short paragraph that describes your philosophy of teaching. Definitely mention if you can teach robotics, drones, or programming languages. Here’s my profile. What to include.

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Thinking Outside the Music Box: Using Digital Tools to Teach Music and More

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Music Beyond Borders With my third grade students, I integrate the study of America into our music class. In our school, we use Chromebooks in grades three and up and iPads in grades PreK-2. In addition to introducing students to new music tools, my teaching philosophy involves introducing students to music at a very young age.

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