identify the 2-3 most important purposes of teaching;
address the educational principles that guide you as an educator;
explain what it means for someone truly to learn something; and
based on these purposes, guiding principles, and understanding of learning, describe what you think are the most appropriate strategies for teaching.
Suggestions:
Introduce your statement with a single image, incident, quotation, or metaphor that encapsulates your philosophy and that can serve to unify your essay.
While using an appropriate academic style, write in a way that reflects your own voice and personality.
Seek to inspire the reader. Identify what you believe are the primary purposes of education, and explain your mission as an educator.
Discuss the most important principles that will guide your actions as a teacher. Emphasize principles as well as knowledge, skills, and dispositions that are referred to elsewhere in the portfolio.
Include specific examples from your experience to illustrate and support your ideas.
Logically develop your ideas. While being careful to provide specific examples, relate ideas and examples to sound ethical or psychological arguments.
Read the rubric before you write your philosophy statement. After you have written your philosophy statement use the rubric to score the draft as if you were an evaluator.identify the 2-3 most important purposes of teaching;
address the educational principles that guide you as an educator;
explain what it means for someone truly to learn something; and
based on these purposes, guiding principles, and understanding of learning, describe what you think are the most appropriate strategies for teaching.