Developing a Personal Philosophy of Education

Developing an Educational Philosophy Product ET-CIE Mrs. Shepherd AAS ET-CIE-11 Research and discuss moral and philosophical assumptions underlying an assessment and evaluation process. 11.1 Examine and distinguish the many philosophical orientations to education. 11.2 Refine your personal philosophy of teaching that includes the use of assessment within a classroom setting.

Reflect on the educational philosophies you have studied during ETP and CIE. Which one feels right to you? Or do you like some aspects of one and some of another?

Create a product that portrays your ideas about the following: Your beliefs influence your actions. Your personal belief system -- your philosophy of education -- will determine what values you emphasize, how you organize and manage your classroom, what content you stress, and which teaching and assessing methods you use.

In order to develop your personal philosophy of education, think about the following questions:

(1) How do you view the role of school in society? What are the purposes of education? How do we assure that schools serve all students well? (2) How do you view the student? What is the student's role in his/her education? How do we assure that all students are prepared to assume that role? (3) How do you view the role of the teacher? How is this consistent with the above beliefs? What are the primary responsibilities of the teacher in a society that values diversity? 4) What types of assessments and classroom management strategies support your personal philosophy? 5) How will you communicate with and include parents?

Educational Philosophy Product Rubric- http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/Fall04/russian/PDFs/PreRub.pdf Trait Criteria 1 2 3 4 Product had Product had moments where Content valuable material was Product had a good amount an exceptional amount of Did the product have Product contained little to of material and benefited valuable material and was no valuable material. present but as a whole valuable material? content was lacking. the class. extremely beneficial to the class.

Organization There were minimal signs The product had The product lacked The product was well Was the of organization or organizing organization and had little preparation. organized, well prepared product well organizedevidence of preparation. ideas but could have been and easy to follow. and easy to follow? much stronger with better preparation. Creativity Product was boring and Product was somewhat Product was interesting and WOW! Very Creative and Did the uninspiring interesting. clearly presented. interesting product. engage the audience? Was it presented in a memorable manner?

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