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Building and Assessing Graduate Courses

Building and Assessing Graduate Courses. Welcome!. Developing a Teaching Philosophy. Unit 1. Agenda. Pre-unit questions (questions to get you thinking about the topic and to facilitate further thought and reflection) Developing a Teaching Philosophy Application & questions

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Building and Assessing Graduate Courses

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  1. Building and Assessing Graduate Courses Welcome!

  2. Developing a Teaching Philosophy Unit 1

  3. Agenda • Pre-unit questions (questions to get you thinking about the topic and to facilitate further thought and reflection) • Developing a Teaching Philosophy • Application & questions • How will you turn your teaching Philosophy into pedagogy?

  4. Pre-unit questions • What are your expectations of this course? • How will you know you met your expectations? • When you think of a teacher you thought was effective, what qualities did they present?

  5. Unit Introduction: Developing a Teaching Philosophy At the end of this module you will have a compilation of beliefs and assumptions about teaching and learning. Throughout the course you will continue to examine, reflect, and modify your teaching beliefs and assumptions to develop a fluid teaching philosophy. Teaching and learning is an ongoing process that benefits from the continual collection and analysis of data--the learning environment.

  6. Questions for Developing a Teaching Philosophy • What do you think are the core components of a good class/teacher? • What is important to you about teaching? • How do you learn? What makes it easy or difficult for you to learn? • Think about the all the situations in which you learn (in and outside of the classroom). • How can you translate those situations to the classroom? • How do you know if you learned something?

  7. Writing and Reflection • Take some time to think about these questions. Go have a cup of coffee or tea and jot down some thoughts. If you have a learning partner discuss your answers. Not only think about your answers but the questions your answers sparked.

  8. Writing and Reflection • Believe it or not but you have just completed the first step in creating your teaching philosophy! Now take a few moments and read the section on developing your teaching philosophy. Think about your responses and how they “fit” with the sections of a teaching philosophy. Remember it is a work in process and you will probably have multiple goals and objectives. Allow time for your main goal of teaching to emerge from your experiences.

  9. Application questions: Taking your work to the classroom It is one thing to have a philosophy and it is another thing to be able to use your philosophy in the classroom. • How will your students know your philosophy? • How are you passionate about the subject you are teaching? • How can you combine the above so that your students learn?

  10. Application questions: Creating your first draft • How ever you write best, begin to create your teaching philosophy. • Share your creation with your learning partner or someone who can help you refine your ideas. Perhaps ask your students their thoughts? • Remember your philosophy is a work in progress and you will have multiple chances to refine your work.

  11. Resources • http://www.celt.iastate.edu/teaching/philosophy.html • http://ftad.osu.edu/portfolio/philosophy/Philosophy.html • http://www.oic.id.ucsb.edu/TA/port-FAQ.html

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