My
teaching Philosophy
My
philosophy of teaching evolves from my experiences as a student, as a teacher and
the knowledge that I have acquired about teaching and learning from various
sources.
In
my view, learning is acquiring knowledge through various means and ways and
changing an individual’s perception about the world and what happens in the
world as a result of learning. Learning can take place through experience,
through collecting information and even by interacting with people.
As
being a teacher, I am responsible for developing an individual who is
acceptable in the society and who is able to lead a respectable life and seek
the opportunities for further development of the society and the person. In my
view to accomplish the above vision of teaching, teaching should be meaningful.
It should not be like indoctrinations; rather it should make meaning to the
learner. Teachers should not be teaching solutions for the problems rather
teaching should be how to solve the problems. In other words teachers should be
clock builders rather than time tellers.
In
my teaching philosophy, it is essential for a teacher to have a close; positive
relation with the students. This healthy relationship should help the teacher
to know the problems faced by students and it should help the students to build
trust with the teacher and clarify teacher’s expectations about them. Further a
similar healthy relationship should be built and maintained with the parents of
the students too.
In
my opinion, giving a set of notes and worksheets with model answers for
revision and asking the students to memorize them is not effective. That may be
enough for a person teaching for grades, but that cannot be teaching for
understanding. Therefore I would prefer to make the students understand the
underlying concepts in the various disciplines through use of various means
such as Co operative learning, Modeling, observation, Social interactions and
so on.
Further
my teaching philosophy is capitalizing on my strengths and making the students
more responsible learners in order to achieve the above vision of teaching.
Detailed clear explanations, Good modeling, ability to develop healthy
relationship with students and parents are some of my strengths and designing
lessons including various activities and promoting co operative learning with
scaffolding can assist me in making learning meaningful. Added making possible
connections to real life and bringing up possible local examples make the
learning more meaningful. I am also proud to notice that in my classes’, day to
day events that take place in the society, country and in the world are
discussed in context thus enabling learners to understand the usefulness of the
content in hand.
