{"id":832,"date":"2014-01-22T00:32:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T23:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtflow.dk\/?p=832"},"modified":"2014-01-22T00:32:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T23:32:54","slug":"teaching-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidlebech.com\/thoughtflow\/teaching-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teaching is fun.<\/strong> Unfortunately, I have not had the chance to teach since 2010 at the University of Oregon but I found an old paper I wrote for a teaching effectiveness seminar and I thought I would re-print it here. It has not been edited except for a spelling error.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Teaching philosophy<\/h4>\n

Diverse classes, different situations and changing environments require a differentiated teaching approach in each new teaching situation. Nonetheless, there are a few things that I like to bring with me to the classroom, no matter the subject, content or form of the class that I am teaching. In this short paper, I will try to define and describe my general teaching philosophy.<\/p>\n

Motivation is a key element. There are different aspects to this. First, I think it is important to show one’s own motivation for the material. If the students sense that the teacher has a desire to teach the material, I believe this will have a positive effect on them. Second, motivating the material for the students themselves and giving them a sense of where they are going with the material is important.<\/p>\n

I strive to be as open-minded as possible. For me, being open-minded covers a lot of important traits like being friendly towards students and open to input. But another important aspect of being open-minded is being able to admit one’s own mistakes and willing to change accordingly. Along the same lines, being sympathetic and understanding are also important traits for the open-minded teacher. Every student is a human being and it is important to remember and understand that we are all individuals with different personalities and issues to deal with.<\/p>\n

From my previous experience, I have learned that the success of a particular class is directly proportional to the amount of preparation that I do before the class. Being well-prepared is almost self-explanatory but it still deserves to be mentioned here. Well-preparedness also entails being knowledgeable about the material that is being taught which is crucial to how well the students will
\ncome to understand the material.<\/p>\n

Overall, I think personality is the most important part of being a good teacher. Being well-prepared and knowledgeable should definitely not be neglected but the key words for my general teaching philosophy are motivation, open-mindedness and sympathy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Teaching is fun. Unfortunately, I have not had the chance to teach since 2010 at the University of Oregon but I found an old paper I wrote for a teaching effectiveness seminar and I thought I would re-print it here. It has not been edited except for a spelling error. Teaching philosophy Diverse classes, different […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[120,119],"class_list":["post-832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching","tag-philosophy","tag-teaching-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidlebech.com\/thoughtflow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidlebech.com\/thoughtflow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidlebech.com\/thoughtflow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidlebech.com\/thoughtflow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidlebech.com\/thoughtflow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davidlebech.com\/thoughtflow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davidlebech.com\/thoughtflow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidlebech.com\/thoughtflow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davidlebech.com\/thoughtflow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}