My Teaching Philosophy
The following artifact consists of my principles and values when teaching. My teaching philosophy has continuously been developed since my freshman year of college. The following teaching philosophy was created based off the first two weeks in the classroom at Kyunghwa and my previous classroom experiences. A teaching philosophy represents the presence you want to have in front of the classroom and the type of learning environment you want to create. For this reason it is important to always be developing your teaching philosophy after new experiences.
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12 June 2015
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My teaching philosophy is a work in progress that I have been developing since my acceptance into the KU School of Education. Some of the outcomes that I would expect from my students is engagement in the material and content while connecting the classroom activities with real life experiences. Communicative competence should be valued in the classroom and encouraged through real-life examples and engaging activities that simulate scenarios that would synthesize authentic engagements in society. Intercultural awareness is vital for success for English language learners to fully grasp the sociolinguistics of the langugage and its global presence.
The teaching method that I strongly connect with in my classroom is the humanistic approach. I have always believed in focusing on the person when developing successful lesson plans that will be most effective for the entire classroom. In order to be successful in the classroom the lesson must appeal to multiple aspects of the student, in contrast to rote memorization. In a humanist classroom the teacher should facilitate the lesson and allow children to have an aspect of choice. All children are different and allowing creative freedom while having high expectations will allow success for more students than just the traditional learners. From an SLA perspective I believe in incorporating cognitivism in the nature of input and interactionism in the student output and treatment of errors. The learning environment I aim to achieve in my classroom is one that allows for freedom of expression with confidence in communication. Mutual respect will be expected between students during communicative activities facilitiated by myself. I will also make myself available whenever necessary for my students to achieve at the highest level possible. I will ensure active participation through creating a positive classroom environment as stated above and constant reinforcement for positive communication in the classroom. Lastly, I believe in implementing a positive behavior support system that is consistently implemented to encourage motivation and support for good behavior. |