PHILOSOPHY of TEACHING (PoT) Dr Rohaya Talib Fac of Education UTM
PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING What is the PURPOSE of a Teaching Philosophy Statement (TOPS) ? A teaching statement: conveys your teaching values, beliefs, and goals to a broader audience provides a set of criteria and/or standards to judge the quality of your teaching provides evidence of your teaching effectiveness
PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING (POT) A teaching philosophy is a self-reflective statement of your beliefs about teaching and learning. A teaching philosophy statement is a narrative that includes: your conception of teaching and learning a description of how you teach justification for why you teach that way
PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING COMPONENTS of a Teaching Philosophy Statement educational purpose and learning goals for students your teaching methods methods for assessing students’ learning assessment of teaching
PHILOSOPHY OF TEACHING Teaching values, beliefs, and goals You should consider what you believe in purpose of education: content mastery individual fulfillment critical thinking problem solving discovery and knowledge generation teamwork self-directed learning experiential learning