Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

During my 20 years as a music teacher and band director at Far Hills Country Day School, a Pre-K through 8 independent school in Far Hills, New Jersey, I have had wonderful success integrating music across multiple curriculums, including history, math, science, writing, PE, art and world languages.

Teaching 125

Teaching Teaching Philosophy Assignments Exams 125

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2020

You write that “racist policies are the cause of racial inequities” and that “policies determine the success of groups.” Does the book reflect your own teaching style or teaching philosophy? Is that how you teach? I’ve learned to teach more in that way. What does that mean for education?

Education 218

Education Intelligence Culture Teaching Philosophy 218

Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2025

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.

Education 134

Education Academic Integrity Learning Fairness 134

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. They want to read and write and think. They write brief papers and give short oral reports, building skills and stamina they eventually will need to complete and present a capstone research project, their final assignment before they graduate.

Students 168

Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 168

Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Students can use generative AI for academic tasks such as brainstorming, drafting, or improving writing; summarizing, explaining, or synthesizing texts; and data analysis (Sallam, 2023). Generative AI tools can identify grammatical issues and provide tailored suggestions to edit students' writing. 2023; Gordon, 2023).

Ethics 102

Ethics Multidisciplinary Course Design Confidentiality 102

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

But I’m not daunted by the work to come, because the biggest challenge is behind me: acknowledging that I still have much to learn about teaching. She is also the author of The Counterintuitive Writer: A Writing Guide for Students. and for Others (Rock’s Mills Press, 2018). You can reach her at jflahert@uoguelph.ca.

Learning Outcomes 64

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy 64

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

But I’m not daunted by the work to come, because the biggest challenge is behind me: acknowledging that I still have much to learn about teaching. She is also the author of The Counterintuitive Writer: A Writing Guide for Students. and for Others (Rock’s Mills Press, 2018). You can reach her at jflahert@uoguelph.ca.

Learning Outcomes 59

Learning Outcomes Instructors Learning Teaching Philosophy 59

Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 14, 2025

Move your desks into a pattern youve never used before, and write inspiring quotes on the board. Remember why you got into teaching in the first place, and embrace your teaching philosophy instead of getting buried under administrative duties. Change up your classroom organization to get a new lease on the school year!

Teachers 52

Teachers Teaching Philosophy Grades Assignments 52

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2023

Another upside is that when you teach philosophy in schools, you have the opportunity to cultivate norms of good conversations and good deliberations. So you teach people that we're going to take turns — we're gonna listen to each other. Teachers give a lot of bite-size assignments, or assignments that are done on the devices.

Teaching Philosophy 218

Teaching Philosophy Teaching Failure Schools 218

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2019

It’s often said that teaching and learning doesn’t always take place in the classroom—some of the most important lessons are learned on the playground, in the street, on the job or somewhere else. The same is true for educators, whose teaching philosophies are often shaped by moments that happened when they weren't in front of the classroom.

Coaching 144

Coaching English Students Teaching Philosophy 144

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

But I'm not really bought into ‘guide on the side’ for general learning philosophy or teaching philosophy because so much of how we need to be preparing ourselves, and our learners, is for things we couldn't guide—because we don't know where we're going. So I'm not a guide.

Teaching 93

Teaching Textbooks Teaching Philosophy Ethics 93