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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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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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What Can College Instructors Offer Their Students in the Age of AI? 

Faculty Focus

What college instructors are needed for, he said, is to motivate our students to learn. He said that students have had access to the information we teach prior to AI. We have the ability to inspire our students wonder and curiosity in ways that will inspire them to be intrinsically motivated to learn and to keep learning.

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Does Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy Align with Your Teaching?

Faculty Focus

Unfortunately, our current use of teaching philosophy statements doesn’t usually contain that expectation. There’s strong motivation to construct the philosophy statement that anticipates what the reviewers want to read, as opposed to one that reflects actual belief. taking a course intended to prepare them to teach.

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Online Learning Book Recommendations: And Why I Read so Few Books on the Topic

Edsurge

The way that books have nourished my teaching has been in the area of identifying and refining my teaching philosophy and general pedagogical approaches. I haven’t read many books that are focused strictly on online teaching.

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Does Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy Align with Your Teaching?

Faculty Focus

Unfortunately, our current use of teaching philosophy statements doesn’t usually contain that expectation. There’s strong motivation to construct the philosophy statement that anticipates what the reviewers want to read, as opposed to one that reflects actual belief. taking a course intended to prepare them to teach.

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What Can College Instructors Offer Their Students in the Age of AI? 

Faculty Focus

What college instructors are needed for, he said, is to motivate our students to learn. He said that students have had access to the information we teach prior to AI. We have the ability to inspire our students wonder and curiosity in ways that will inspire them to be intrinsically motivated to learn and to keep learning.