Composing a Teaching Philosophy Teaching Matters Series Improving Teaching by Assessing Learning

October 21st and 22nd, 2014

S

By the end of this presentation you will… S  Understand the purpose of a teaching philosophy and

have some general guidelines about what to include. S  Understand who your audience is and what their

expectations are. S  Have three strategies for drafting your philosophy, and

some written ideas for your own teaching philosophy statement.

The purpose of a teaching philosophy 1.  Self-reflection 2.  Introduction to a teaching portfolio 3.  Communication with students

4.  Academic job application! (O’Neal, Meizlish, Kaplan)

General Guidelines S  Keep it brief (1-2 pages). S  Use a narrative, first person approach (“I”). S  Make it reflective and personal. S  Discuss your goals for your students, the methods you use to achieve

those goals, and the assessments you use to find out if students have met your expectations. S  Explain your specific disciplinary context and use specific examples of

your practice. S  Showcase your strengths and accomplishments. (O’Neal, Meizlish, Kaplan)

What not to do!

S  Use words you don’t understand or nobody else understands S  Be wildly creative (e.g. writing in rap) S  Forget to have a peer review it S  Sound over-confident

Audience: search committee S  What is your approach to teaching and learning? S  What is it like to be one of your students? S  Why do you make certain pedagogical decisions? S  If I were a student in your course, how would I spend class time on any

given day?

S  How do you address the challenges and resources of teaching your

particular discipline?

S  Does your teaching style complement our department’s philosophy of

instruction? (O’Neal, Meizlish, Kaplan)

In short, your task is:

S  To show the search committee what it is like to be a student

in your course(es) without actually being in the classroom.

S  Broadly speaking, there are three ways to approach your

task.

Option 1: the big questions S  What motivates me to learn about this subject? S  What do I expect to be the outcomes of my teaching? S  How do I know when I’ve taught successfully? S  Here, it may help to think about the high priority concepts for your

discipline. (O’Neal, Meizlish, Kaplan)

S  Free write for for a few minutes on one or more of these questions.

Option 2: the Smaller Chunks S  Why do you teach? What do you believe or value about teaching and

learning?

S  If you had to choose a metaphor for teaching/learning, what would it be? S  How do your research and disciplinary context influence your teaching? S  How do your identity/background and your students’ identities/

backgrounds affect teaching and learning in your classes?

S  How do you take into account differences in student learning styles in your

teaching?

S  What is your approach to evaluating and assessing students? (O’Neal, Meizlish, Kaplan)

Getting Started, Option 3: Review examples Sample teaching philosophies from U Michigan: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/tstpum General information on teaching philosophies: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/tstrategies/tstpts http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/philosophy.html http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/philosophy/ http://ucat.osu.edu/read/teaching-portfolio/philosophy

Works Cited

CRLT Occasional Papers, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan, #23, “Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy for the Academic Job Search” by Chris O’Neal, Deborah Meizlish, and Matthew Kaplan, 2007.

T Phil TM F14_Slides.pdf

Introduction to a teaching portfolio. 3. Communication with ... your practice. S Showcase your strengths ... T Phil TM F14_Slides.pdf. T Phil TM F14_Slides.pdf.

210KB Sizes 0 Downloads 201 Views

Recommend Documents

pIr Tm
AUG 20 2015. 7/. 04 NG kb. REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. ,Nts10,v .c). 0. Department of Education. 0 z .x. Region IV — A (CALABARZON). •. •. Mel. 00#.

Phil Owens.pdf
x. y. = 9 4. 39 19. −. −. ln = 4(3 ) + 3 x y. B1. M1. A1ft. forms equation of line. ft only on their gradient. (ii) x y = → = += 0.5 ln 4 3 3 9.928. y = 20 500. M1. A1. correct expression for lny. (iii) Substitutes y and rearrange for 3x. Solve

Miracle (tm)
Extratorrent YouCa. Page 2 of 2. gt250vscz471vshondacb250theitalianconstructionof ... phenomenontmzerocompetitiononcb1499337695256.pdf.

MegaPed(tm) Pedigree - MOBILPASAR.COM
Katydid's Ruffian. Ch. Gaylords Daring New Edition. Ch. Larklain Master Dare ROM. Ch. Gaylords Tartan Sorcerous. Vennwoods Spun Gold. Ashbarton Gold Brocade. Vaquera Of Penwell. Blands Status Symbol. Stormerbanks Bobs. Ashbarton Crimson Damask. Ormar

TM-08_Data_Sheet.pdf
Page 1 of 7. www.futureled.co.th. ADD : 442/2 Chan Road, Thungwatdon Sathron Bangkok Thailand 10120 www.futureled.co.th. TEL:+66 (02) 673 – 3034-5 FAX:+66 (02) 673-1263 E-mail:[email protected]. Page 1 of 7. Product Specifications. NAME: Touch P

Philosophy (PHIL).pdf
... of animals,. Commented [mwh2]: GEOC and Senate approval. required (pending from last year). Page 3 of 6. Philosophy (PHIL).pdf. Philosophy (PHIL).pdf.

Adaptive Martingale Boosting - Phil Long
has other advantages besides adaptiveness: it requires polynomially fewer calls to the weak learner than the original algorithm, and it can be used with ...

Philosophy (PHIL).pdf
or 1107. Topics concern social ethics and gender, such as gender equality and the impact of gender norms on. individual freedom. Specific topics are examined in light of the intersections between gender and race,. ethnicity, class, and sexual orienta

PHIL 13-1
My principal dissatisfaction with this description of naturalistic epistemol- ogy is that no .... certain domains will qualify as warranted a priori, I want to remain neutral on the question of ..... But I do wish to register surprise that BonJour do

PHIL 13-1
example, reality cannot consist both of a system of timeless, windowless monads ... including the belief that there is a telephone on the table before me? ..... learns the truth-table method from Eileen, who explains why the method is (nec-.

Phil Issues final
that my laptop is not in pain, but it doesn't thereby have a reason to believe that it's .... requires knowledge of the internal world, but not the external world.9.

Fickle Consent Phil Studies - PhilPapers
my aim is to call attention to a puzzling and neglected question and hopefully to ... consent can ever justify treating him or her in a particular way. See, for .... Philosophy Conference voted 27 - 10 in favour of it being permissible for the sailor

phil collins cd.pdf
Sign in. Loading… Whoops! There was a problem loading more pages. Whoops! There was a problem previewing this document. Retrying... Download. Connect ...

T t #T]
Jan 10, 2012 - sonal and business communications. Cellular telephones ... system including the 450 MHZ, 900 MHZ, 1800 MHZ and. 1900 MHZ frequency ..... the netWork using a unique personal identi?cation number or. PIN associated ...

T t #T]
Jan 10, 2012 - sonal and business communications. Cellular telephones ... access the Internet Via a cellular netWork and/or a Wireless local area netWork ...

TM-EchinaceaRad-A.pdf
Page 1 of 4. TESTING METHOD. Item: TM-EchinaceaRadix-A. Description. Echinacea root. Version : 01. Supercedes: **. Created by / date: Approved by / date: (QA sig). TM-EchinaceaRad-A.docx / 01 / ii / xx/x/20xx. Radix Echinaceae. Echinacea purpurea. Pl

TM-956.pdf
Lower display to show emissivity value. Auto Power display will hold the last measuring. * Back Light. Off function value within 5 seconds continuously. Functions ...

Learning Halfspaces with Malicious Noise - Phil Long
Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Austin. Philip M. ... by Kearns and Li (1993) that for essentially all concept classes, it is information-theoretically im- possible ...... Journal of Machine Learning Research, 4:101–117, 2003.

Learning Halfspaces with Malicious Noise - Phil Long
Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Austin .... They also described an algorithm that fits low-degree polynomials that tolerates noise at a rate ...

PHIL-Presentation-NOV_2017.pdf
... 702-472-8556 | Email: [email protected] Website: www.phiglobal.com. PHI GROUP Business Areas of Concentration. Natural Resources. Energy. Agriculture. Healthcare. Special Situations. Company Presentation - November 2017. Page 5 of 26. PHIL-Prese

PHIL 1317: Business Ethics
QUIZZES/“BUSINESS ETHICS IN THE NEWS”:60 points possible. • EXAM 1(MIDTERM):150 points possible. • EXAM 2(FINAL):150 points possible. TOTAL POINTS:400 points possible. PHIL 1317: Business Ethics. SECTION:003. PROFESSOR:Kirsten Egerstrom. COUR

physics TM & EM.pdf
a) Valency b) Atomic Size c) Ionisation energy. and D) electron affinity. -4m. 12) Which of the following doesn't change during refraction of light. A) Wavelength.