Here is my teaching philosophy as of August 3, 2010:
- I believe that class is a learning community. As a community member, learners are expected to actively participate in class activities, behave civilly and ethically toward each other, challenge each other intellectually, and support each other when needed.
- I believe my responsibility as a teacher is to inspire learners, share knowledge and experiences, and facilitate learning habits. The teacher must be a role model of good learning habits as I work hard to advance my knowledge through reading, research, exchanging and sharing knowledge and ideas with others in the profession, and reflection and writing.
- I expect the learners of my class to remember key facts, analyze and synthesize facts and knowledge, integrate the knowledge and reflect on their own experiences, and apply the knowledge in real life situations through research and practice.
- I believe the learning objectives and expected outcomes must be clearly communicated to the learners in the beginning of the semester. All class activities, readings, assignments, assessments, and grading standards must be directly tied to the learning objectives.
- As future higher education leaders, my students are expected to show professionalism and ethical behaviors in all class-related activities.
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This is the same philosophy that my case-based-teaching school is using. So may be you should switch to teach at my school 😉