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1 – 200 of 327 Newer› Newest»my teaching philosophy lies in the making my students get prepared for the outside work, stimulate them to love life science
My philosophy is to excite, educate and guide the students "to seek for excellence". When students have the urge to seek for excellence they will be able to do well in most aspects of their lives.
My teaching philosophy is to bring out the best in every student, inculcate positive values and to prepare them with a well-rounded education for the outside world. How I come up with this is from my own personal attitude to life, from my experience with working in the industry and from the stories I hear from teachers including my parents on how they care for or deal with students and what makes them stay in the teaching line
My statement would be to teach the students:
1) to be able to fend/think for themselves &
2)to understand and cater to the needs and requirement of the aviation industry.
I have seen fresh grad faltering and "bullied" when they just join the industry and i hope to remedy it.
My teaching philosophy will be:
1) to teach thinking persons
2) to encourage innovation & creativity
3) to excite students on learning
I came up with the above as I always meet textbook persons who are good do-ers but when they are faced with a similar problem (but presented differently), they will be slumped. Innovation, Creativity & willingness to learn will be useful in working life and no idea is too stupid.
My university professor said this to me,'Many will get into the university, most will graduate but ver few will be educated'. I firmly believe in this philosophy which I want to cultivate to our students. The students must be educated not just with knowledge acquired but with skills imbedded that they can practise when they work.
My teaching philosophy is to share my knowledge and experience to educate the maximum number of students and bring out the best in every student, to prepare them to accept challenges in outside world and develop skill to make their customer happy.
My teaching philosophy is to bring the students into a learning journey of theory and practical adding some spices of experience and industry knowledge.
My teaching philosophy is to share my knowledge and experience to educate the maximum number of students and bring out the best in every student, to prepare them to accept challenges in outside world and develop skill to make their customers happy.
Teach Like You Give A Dame!
I guess my philosophy is to try to care for the students needs as individual learners and to give them the best possible opportunity for them to learn what they need to work as good designers in the real world. The moment I stop making the students my first priority I should probably leave SP!
Do I need one? Actually I hate all kinds of vision/mission statements, as I find them to be pretty words which do not effect the ground level.
((Quick test: state the SP mission, vision, core values & strategic thrusts. Can you do it? If you cannot, then how can you apply them on a day to day basis?))
Back to the topic: What is my statement of teaching?
To get the students to think and not memorise, so that they can apply their knowledge to whatever the world may throw at them.
(Its fairly tailored to the 'strategic learner' problem in the Singapore education system. I cannot comment on western education trends today, but I was never a strategic learner and I dislike the whole concept of strategic learning.)
My teaching philosophy is:-
1) to mould them into thinking learners
2) to bring out the best in every student
3) to encourage creativity and innovation
4) to cultivate the willingness to face challenges and accept failures as part of the process toward success.
My teaching philosophy is as follows:
to equip students with essential knowledge and skills for the real world
to encourage them to think on their feet
to encourage innovation and creativity
My teaching philosophy is to :
1. To encourage them to think over a subject rather than just memorise
2. To enable them to develop an attitude of learning that will help them now (to get good grades and possibly a good job!)as well as when they are out in the working world
3. Last but not the least is to encourage them to share knowledge as well as to help each other.
I came up with the above points due to influence of my teachers as well as my previous job as a facilitator.
To nurture, develop, insipire.
Motivate the unmotivated, challenge the inspired.
Modesty would be my teaching philosophy. I don't see the need to display lecturer superiority over students. At tertiary level, this should be an environment where we can learn together. Students need to be enthused and motivated when lecturers show that we can go down to their level of understanding and guiding them through.
My teaching philosophy:
To help students be independent learners and excel in whatever they do.
....I never impose, but come to class and life, to give energy, positively contribute even if I have to talk through all the (bad)ideas first,and keep trying!
Theatre has to be a reflection of ourselves,and it involves real people with real feelings. Sincerity and respect count for a lot, and through my own communication, I hope the students pick this up.
My teaching philosophy is...
“Tell me,I will forget; show me, I may remember; involve me, I will understand.” In order for students to understand what they have learnt, as a teacher, we should integrate both theory and practical activities and create a conducive learning environment for learners.
Learning, is always a life long process.
My teaching philosophy...
"To motivate the students to appreciate and explore a few steps beyond what they are learning and to kindle a passion that could last him/her an entire lifetime..."
Taking the view that everything that is established enough to go into textbooks are usually outdated and they are likely to venture into different fields, my philosophy is to "Prepare the students for their future by kindling their interests in science and emphasizing on how to learn."
Teaching Philosophy! This words sound nice but how many can really do it. Well, anyway so far i believe in equiping them with the basic and nurture them to be independent learner. Talk less ,do more, get to the point.
Chris
to stimulate their thinking skills, preparing them for outside work
I have adopted the famous ''Teach less,learn more'' philosophy. I cant yak for hours and hours around the bush over a thick course notes with 50 over powerpoint slides when I can just arrow down straight to the Objectives.Lecturers should try to do away the mumbo jumbo and really deliver the objectives that required from the students.
- Make learning interesting
- Train them for industry work
- Mould their character
I summarise, using a statement from the movie Forbidden Kingdom,
"One cannot learn if one's cup is full"
We must help the students to "empty their cups" where necessary and fill it up appropriately.
My philosophy in teaching is that "knowledge is a longlife learning" and knowledge is somthing that cannot be taken away from you while wealth may not last forever. Therefore teaching is a learning process and that is where you gain more knowledge and I will try to implant this to the students to forgo more knowledge even till university level and beyond it.
My teaching philosophy:
1. To get my students excited about the topics
2. To equip them with the skills to learn more on their own
3.To prepare them for the real world.
To learn and apply
Chee How Terry
My teaching philosophy
- learning without understanding is worthless.
- learning without reasoning can be dangerous.
- learning without applying is useless.
- there is no end to learning.
- always think out of the box.
My teaching philosophy
Use various materials ( U-tube, power point, videos, photoes, books,mind map,.. )and share experience from the real world to make students interested.
Always focus on the objective. Start with overview of the topic and teach them from the basic principle to the highest level.
Wow, I did not see this coming. This is a rather big issue to be considering off the head, just before lunch.
Ignoring the part about how to address eventually, I would set my teaching philosophy at a very highly OTT and intuitive:
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I believe that the pursue of an education in design (or anything else) does not stop with school. I would like to offer tools to think and analyse, to inspire genuine interest, facination and inquisitivity, and challenge them to reach beyond the unknown.
Only for those who are more free pls read on for the premise.
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At the risk of sounding really emo about teaching. The philosohy TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE is not original. It comes from a story my sister sent me just before I started work at SP. I think it is quite apt to once again flood your comment box and share:
WHAT TEACHERS MAKE
The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued, "What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?" He reminded the other dinner guests what they say about teachers:"Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach." To stress his point he said to another guest;"You're a teacher, Susan. Be honest. What do you make?"
Susan, who had a reputation for honesty and frankness replied, "You want to know what I make?" "I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I make a C+ feel like the winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor. I make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute silence.""You want to know what I make?"
"I make kids wonder.
I make them question.
I make them criticize.
I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them write.
I make them read, read, read.
I make them show all their work in math and perfect their final drafts in English.
I make them understand that if you have the brains, and follow your heart, and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you must pay no attention because they just didn't learn."
Susan paused and then continued. "You want to know what I make?" 'I MAKE A DIFFERENCE.' What do you make?"
To make every lesson as interesting as possible.
Encourage the students to think out-of-the-box.
1. Enable the students to work in practical field.
2. To induct the students to learn a subject by asking Whys and Whats
3. To develop analytical skills among the students
I believe most if not everyone has some kind of beliefs or vision when they chose teaching a profession.
Well, I don’t know whether u can called these beliefs as philosophy but let’s see what I have:
a) Confucius has a famous saying “因材施教” which means every student requires different strategies.
b) Quote from Confucius: “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand”. This means Practise can perfect skills, but without practise, you will end up with no skills.
c) Also quote from Confucius: “Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.” Thinking and learning must come together, so that the data/information will become your knowledge. Only knowledge stays, information only come and go.
d) BELIEVE YOURSELF TO KNOW YOURSELF
P.S: I am not really a Confucius follower, just happen to saw these quotes that it fits the description of my beliefs.
My fundamental rule,
Be liberal on what you listen to, be conservative on what you accept.
I would want to teach the students the skills, tools and methods they could use to help make the above come true.
Wow, philosophy sounds difficult...
i only have a simple aim: to generate interest & built-up their confidence.
Design students cannot stay focused without real interest in what they are doing and cannot express great ideas without the confidence.
My industry is very demanding on professional standards, I would aspect my students to maintain the altitude in their own capability and spirit in order to be happy at work. In a technical institution all about skill, interest in gaining the skill is a key issue. In this context, students self learning is a process that I have to pay more attention and engrave into their every day activity. I hope I could bring them up to meet international standards. This is just an aim, I think I have not gotten a teaching philosophy yet.
My teaching philosophy is to help students to do well and excel in their trades.
I will impart knowledge to them, motivate them to work hard and over time with diligence, they will excel and gain proficiency.
shirlynn says:
design cannot be taught, it can only be nuture...and it takes time.
Do not copy but get influenced!
environment and an open mind will be a good start.
Enviroment factor can influence the creativity of being a designer.
Learn from each other always share information.
READ! It's a way to nuture the creative side ... ;) strange but true
to bring forth the full potential of the student thru discovery and inspiration. dioni
My teaching philosophy is to share my knowledge and experience to all my students.
I’ve been thinking about this “teaching philosophy” for the past few days, and I thought of relating it with my experience in landscape consultancy industry. In designing a landscape we consider the existing site conditions, make use of opportunities as well as the constraints and build up a concept or theme that could inspire the client and/or the users. For my teaching philosophy, I come up with the following themes: Tutoring, inspiring, skill building, accessibility and clarity.
All these are linked through the network of my teaching interactions which is very similar to my experience in my past working environment.
Tutoring is always a learning situation not only for my students but also for me. Inspiring students by showing examples and hope that imaginations will spark and they will be inspired to continue the journey.
Incorporate variety of skill-building in class exercises and projects to prepare them in real working world situation.
Accessibility in the sense that connecting with the students at their level, explaining and present the concepts and information as clear, simple and interesting as possible.
Frankly, I have not thought about my philosophy of teaching until now..
Well, I believe that every student has potential and grades are not the only measure of their well being. Each student can be motivated, encouraged and guided to move on in life to achieve their potential and that a teacher can make a lasting difference in the student's life if we care enough.
hmm... teaching philosophy. not easy putting into words.
i guess mine would be to enhance the life of the individual/student.
i felt that ultimately, its all about living a good life. and there would be many ways to achieve that.
with a profession as a lecturer would then allow me to educate the individual so as to enhance their lives and ultimately live a good life.
something like that? :)
My teaching philosophy would be teach the students as much as I know, so that they'll be able to apply what they have learnt when they graduate.
My teaching philosophy would be to teach in ways that the student can learn and to instil in them the idea that they should learn something from each lesson, even if that something is that they are not meant to be where they are.
Teach like you are teaching your own kids. You wan the best for them yet you know you shouldn't spoonfed them.
Agree with Rongyan. We should treat students like our own kids.
My teaching philosophy is to bring out the best in all of them. Be creativity, humble and looking at problems in different perspective as to perpare them for the real world.
Because in the real world, creativity & willingness to learn will be useful and facing everyday challenges.
It is more important to me that the students know the basics of the subject matter and at the same time walk away knowing that there is so much more to the world than just THIS (grades, school...etc) rather than leave being experts in their subject matter and have no moral conscience at all. Of course if they become beautiful human beings, experts in their subject matter and have fun studying it all at the same time - that would be ideal!
I believe in creating the customized learning experience because every learner is different, has unique competency-profile and can be inspired in a particular combination of learning environment. It is possible but difficult to realize because it requires knowing the learners' capabilities first.
Wow... I'm not sure I actually have a "philosophy" or "statement". I suppose I hope to help students see that there is more to learning than just what we might teach in the classroom, that they should take ownership of their education, and in a way, to have more hope in their future because they can take charge and do things. There are some students who are really jaded for their age! Equally, there are those who feel victimised and forget that they don't have to just sit there and complain, but to make lessons and other stuff work for them.
my teaching philosophy is :
first to foster students bring up the ability to analyse things and solving problems independently. those problems can be varies . either like issues in personal life or the difficult encounters in their job.
second is try to find out what's kind of occupation they are going to work at or they more suit to engage.then teach them the most useful knowledge depends on their interesting and well targeted .those efforts what we used is in order to help them can trust their dream after they leave the school.
Ryan QinJiMing
Well, something I tell my students a lot is: "Just because it is on TV doesn't mean it is good, just because it is an industry practice doesn't mean it's how it's done, and most importantly, just because I said so doesn't mean I am right."
Zhou Wei said...
Make learning easy and interesting.
my teaching philosophy?
my first statements to the students were -->
"Believe in the powers of the universe!"
and yes u bet everyone was laughing!!!
Basically, its about finding the confidence, believing in your own ideas, and making it work in everything you do because you believe you can.
When you believe you can do something, the universe collaborates to help you. Nothing philosophical about that....
i just think its cos when we are so passionate abt something, totally confident that we can accomplish it, and when one puts his mind/soul into a project, the results speak for itself.
This is cheem.
I heard this at an NIE graduation "Aspire to inspire before you expire". Quite nicely put.
I hope I inspire my students as much as they inspire me (yup, some have already knocked my socks off...solid opinions, I tell you!).
It would be great if I can make them see that the more they know, the more they realise how much they don't know!
I would love to see my students fall in love with life.
I'd be happy if they celebrate life in their own way.
My teaching philosophy is every student is unique, special. I need to cater to the different needs of each student.
Chiam Tow Ming said:
My teaching philosophy is to prepare them for both university and outside work.
My teaching statement is to encourage my students to be life-long learners since the knowledge I am imparting is destined to have limited a shelf-life. Beyond covering a particular curriculum to equip them with a particular skill, it is important to prepare them for a life where change will be be the only constant.
Julian Ong
Capt Mohit SMA
My teaching philosophy/statement would be based on guidelines & ideas which are practiced by my friends & colleagues. It would be based on the story of King Bruce & Spider: "Try-try again & again till you succed at last" ( This goes for me & not my students). The reason behind chosing this is- I myself was not a very good student. Some of my teachers were rather bad in teaching a topic. I would pick up the book keep on reading it: Ask questions from my friends till i got 100% understanding of the said topic. I will try to develop & conduct lectures in such a way that my students get maximum output from it & are able to rember & apply the topic/subject with ease.
My teaching philosphy is to prepare the students not just for success academically but also success as a person in totality ie. character, personality etc.
I would like to leave an impression in their minds when they eventually suceed in whatever they do.
Mmmm....indeed ambitious!
I would hope that I can be able to explain that following their own passion in life and make it their livelihood, would be a luxury most cannot afford (in Singapore) and thus, an amibition worth toiling for if they can achieve that.
To be able to find out what they want like in life, would be the earlier, the better.
Should they say they only like playing games, they better be the Michael Jordan of playing computer games, for that will be a very niche market to make a living, if livelihood is indeed a big concern for most Singaporeans.
My teaching philosophy is 'Never underestimate your potential'....this statement came on as a reflection of myself, having accomplished certain things which I will never think I can do it.
I aim
1.to prepare the students to tackle the real world outside of SP.
2.to guide them to excel not only academically but also for overall personal development.
These are based on my own experience with my teachers.
To Be A Resourceful Learner
More than simply learning the specific subjects I might teach them, I would like to help my students learn to enjoy learning. That way, their own passion will drive them to excellence, and they won't be just exam-passers.
Currently, I am teaching modules such as Oral Communication and Report Writing. My current philosophy is "Get the students through the module".
It is not possible for their non-professional guide (me) to do more than teach them the basics of oral presentation and report writing and get them through the CAs.
Students will need a lot of practice with these skills before actually getting good at them, and most have other, more "essential" modules to worry about.
So I aim to get at least their fundamentals right and help them pass the module.
-Hans Lee
HE Yingjie's comments follow.
My teaching philosophy is simply this: to understand each and every student's weaknesses and strengthes and motivate them to develop their potential as much as possible by focusing on their strengths.
Each student is full of potentials. So to know their weaknesses and especially strengths is crucial to develop them when they are with us. In order to do that, motivation is key. However external motivation is not enough. Internal motivation counts most. That's why I would choose to movitate students by focusing on their strengths, which is intricate part of them. This easily change their perspective of themselves and gain solid confidence.
Finally it would be ideal for them to work in their strengths when they graduate and work.
my teaching philosophy is to teach life examples. With it you cant move forward.
my teaching philosophy is to teach life examples. With it you cant move forward.
Natarajan Balaji
Success is helping people become the best they can possible be.
If I view their success as the most important, my importance comes from their success.
Joanne
Adrian Chan:
Inspire | Motivate | Create
My teaching philosophy is:
To be a trustworthy friend to my students and guide them through their predicament in learning.
To teach my students basic knowledge and skills and encourage them to solve real-life problems by themselve.
gopal venkat said,
My goal in teaching is that the students learn few basic concepts thoroughly, that becomes their tool, which they can apply in their life for many years to come .
not something they forget they day after completing their exam.
Have a good grounding ,grasp of the essentials.
My teaching philosophy is to impart to students fundamental concepts and skills which they can use to continue their learning journey and carve out their own future.
This is Ro Ann.
I saw a statement in a picture frame, which a student gave to my favorite professor in the university, and it really had a strong impact on me: "To teach is to touch a life forever"
I believe in that statement because I have proven it in my own life. The good teachers whom I really liked are the ones I admire the most and I want to be like them (someday). They really touched my life :-)
Also, for me, as long as you have inculcated the basic knowledge and principles, they can answer or solve a complicated situation (exam question or application). That is what I also emphasize to my students.
Capt. Kyaw Thet Aung from SMA said
Teaching philosophy / statements
Encourage creativity, develop and inspire knowledge base learning.
Promote life long learning skill to achieved higher order of thinking in related to subject matter involved.
Shared knowledge and industrial experienced to harness, nurture and inculcate cohort and made them ready for most demanding situation in real world.
lingtzi:
at this stage my aim is to guide my students to be 'Work ready'.
Teaching statement: To impart to students the ability to research, assess and evaluate the possible solutions that they need in a commercial environment
I do hope to instil a sense of responsibility into the student as I find that that quality is absent in student nowadays. In aviation industry, you have to take responsibility/ownership in things you do or want to do.
Therefore my philosophy in teaching is "Act Responsibily, Take Ownership In Things You Do"
I would like my students to gain and learn more outside the textbooks, and continue to explore for new knowledges - and enjoy doing it!
I would like to help students develop independent and critical thinking. Being creative is also important in the deisng field.
"To help the students to learn, to enjoy learning, and to apply what they learnt."
- Erik
Chris Goh:
To help students:
To make learning a life long habit...
To never fear in asking for the truth...
To always question their own parameters...
To know that they are more capable then what they think they are...
To
To empower the students with choices and reponsibility in life, making a difference to others.
Jacqueline Chua said:
I would use the analogy of fishing.
Ultimately I would like them to be able to fish rather than me catching the fish for them.
They should know how, where, when, what to fish and hopefully they can then show someone else (fellow classmates) what they have learnt.
To empower the students to become independent learners.
To discover and develop their potential to the fullest: Dare to dream.
To enjoy the learning process.
My teaching philosophy is guided by this saying:
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach the man to fish an you feed him for life.
Similarly, I believe in teaching the student the life-skill to learn independently.
This one stopped me in my tracks; I had to really think about this. Here are my thoughts-in-progress...
My personal philosophy can be summarized in two Platonic / Socratic statements:
1. Know Thyself
2. The unexamined life is not worth living
Therefore, my teaching philosophy stems from those two statements. To give it proper context, I encourage my students to:
1. Think (the hardest part, thanks to Newton's First Law of Motion)
2. Develop discrimination so that they are aware of their thinking process (I suppose this is metacognition), and begin to decipher if the thoughts they think are their own, or are they thinking someone elses' thoughts.
3. Be able to assimilate and digest external ideas and to make it appropriate and applicable to them. In other words, to begin to think their own original (I use this word in its original sense) thoughts.
4. Then to put those original thoughts into original, creative action.
Why all the emphasis on thinking? Without thought, no fruitful action can follow. If we are to produce successful people in the creative field, they must be pioneers and not parrots. Though there is a delightful place for parrots...
Some can argue that there is no such thing as an original thought or idea left in the world... but there is always an new way of expressing an old idea.
Creativity is all about that!
Think Gregorian Chant, Prez, Byrd, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin, Berlioz, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Varese, John Cage, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Beach Boys, Beatles...
Smoke signals, cans on string, House Phones, Car Phones, Cell Phones, iPhones...
Reel-to-reel, vinyl, cassette, mini disc, DAT, CD, Flash, iPods...
i don't really have teaching statement. Every class I try my best to made student complete my lesson. Make sure they knew how to use the lesson for their job. Every lesson, I will try get to know student more. how do they study and help individual student.
Give a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you'll feed him for a lifetime.
Learn thru understanding.
Understand thru learning.
I believe every students has talent and potential. Its a matter of how we make them discover and be proud of it.
Never give up.
To guide my students to put theory into practice. Students need to know the important of patient care and management and be ready for the outside world.
When working in the industry, the key attribute we look for in poly graduates is Attitude with an 'A'. Hence, I would like to encourage my students to have a positive attitude, to think analytically, and to keep learning.
My teaching philosophy:
Learn concept rather than memorise
Apply concept rather than replicate
Devise concept rather than follow
Student should learn to able to draw inferences about other cases from one instance; Extrapolate information.
Chinese idioms
"举一反三"
Confucius saying
"举一隅，不以三隅反，则不复也"
Since I am an architecture lecture:
To develop the students talent to a level that they are able to continue growing on their own and empower them with the necessary knowledge so that they are able to step out to the working world with confidence.
- Muhammad HALIM Bin Ab WAHAB
Mine is simple:
To challenge yet nurture
There are three way in teaching which I know of.
1. Just teach. It dosen't metter the students listen, understand, learn or not. Your duty is there to teach.
2. Attract all students attention and listen to what you teach. They may not understand or learnt from you.
3. Teach untill the students understand.
If the way I look at it is the right direction, We should maintain between 2 & 3.
Teaching is not a job.. I am here on the errand of helping and educating my students.
They are like my own kids to me. I want to teach them in different teaching styles according to one's personality even it is such time consuming.
I believe that it is important to be flexible in your teaching style to cater to different types of students. The reason being everyone learns at different pace and it is important to guide the students along.
I am here not just to impart to them my knowledge, but also to equip them to deal with their working adult life after graduation.
In that sense, they are not just my students, but also my friends and sometimes my teacher.
Through my teaching I will also try to make them understand rather than just learn. In that way they will be able to apply rather than just replicate.
The challenge I will give myself for the next few years is to imbue a sense of appreciation for the arts outside of architecture. This can be done through visits to musuems and art installations. Through this I hope they will begin to appreciate architecture as a form of art rather than function.
To instill and nurture the right values for life so that they can grow to become wholesome adults with integrity, honesty and honour such that they have the the potential to contribute positively back to society. From experience, if we get the head right (good values like integrity, discipline, respectful etc..), the rest of body will follow (skills, knowledge etc..)
In my opinion, I believe the words spoken by the great Ali G says it best "Keep it real!".
There's a lot of sense in it. Students are very streetsmart nowadays. They know whether or not u truly want to help a student or whether u're there just to do a job. And a teacher who cares, who bothers to help a student develop, grow, learn... is not just teaching a subject, but molding a person.
Another interpretation of keeping it real lies in that we shd bring as much of whatever we teach to the table and show them how it applies to them in real life. Not just in the textbooks but how these things actually play out in the course of their lives.
I have heard this saying or something that goes like this -"Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, give him a rod and teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime." Great thought! I believe that is why I am here. But I believe the secret to effectively teach - tell them how, show them how and DO IT WITH THEM. That would be my philosophy in teaching.
My teaching philosophy is to influence the students and make a difference in their life.
Probably it takes a lot to do that.... it might be simpler to just impart my knowledge to them ... but I feel that it is important that they grow up with the right attitude in life.
To perhaps inspire them, to motivate them to do their best, based on their own abilities. Ultimately they are responsible for their own future and I would like to see them pursue their goals.
Be it through reflection, memorising, action, etc. etc. etc, every student is going to be different and challenging in their own way to work with, but that is where the fun part of this job lies.
My teaching physophy is:
1. One for all and all for one.
2. You can never less but more
In our saying (I am a Burmese) give someone some fish for them to eat. Don't show them where you fish them. It is a different concept from some other lectruers thoughts. Actually, it is good to show them where you got them and how you fish them, so you don't have to fish for them whenever they are hungry and they can live on their own.
‘Engagement, 360 degrees’
I shall share this as I would like the presenter (Lecturer) and audiences (Student) to engage a lecture.
Be it the content, the activities in class, projects or exams questions, the teaching syllabus has to relate to them and also engaging enough for student and also lecturer to follow. Hence, the student would inspired to take good initiative to think, question, argue and ‘mingle’ with the teaching material and make relevance to them.
My teaching philosophy is pretty straight forward.
Teach to the best of your abilities, value-add if possible and ensure that the concepts behind the science or subject is bright across to the sudents easily.
I came up with it because to me students are innocent and should not be a victim of the systems or processes. I hope my kids will not suffer this fate in the future, as in life, sometimes we are victims of circumstances.
My teaching philosphy as follows
1) Teaching should centre on independent learning and thinking - the students should be encouraged to think and learn for themselves
2) The teaching environment is one where the student is respected as an individual and a quasi-adult. They should be allowed to make their own mistakes.
3) The teaching should be relevant real and engaging. There should be a focus on what the student may experience in real life. Ie, the teaching should have context.
I believe in inculcating students' interest in learning and equip them with at least basic theory and knowledge they need to know. For some I believe we can inspire their creativity and independent thinking.
Teaching philosophy:
To make a difference in our younger generation's lives..........have them realise that they can become a better person with learning and education
1. To instil in students a mindset of independent learning.
2. To develop 'never say die' attitudes
When students enter the working world, they will find out that theres so much that needs to be learned to do the job. Those who are disciplined & work hard to build their knowledge would do well.
There will also be many challenges during the course of work and one could easily give up trying. Perseverence needs to be tied in with knowledge to find solutions to real life problems.
To equip the students with the necessary skills to be proficient self learners in the required fields.
While i believe in stimulating their interest, i believe that teaching and learnning is a 2 way process.
Where the student desires to learn because he want to, loves to and find it interesting to.
As teachers, we teach because we want to, loves to and its our passion to.
'teaching by experience' is quite a good teaching philosophy, especially in engineering field.
We can appreciate more about the theory by 'doing', and share the practical experience and solution with other.
However, it is really hard to be implemented. It would be nice if the lecturer is given chance to do his / her own research work and based on the research work, a practical module is designed.
Rather than a one-way information street, I see teaching more as a facilitative role. Much like a gardener, teaching is a lot about cultivating and enhancing minds, caring against weeds and negative impediments, and also importantly giving enough room for growth and development to occur.
The nature of the seed is beyond our control, but the nurture is within.
Kong Yuen Ho:
Develop the inquiring mind of the students and sustain their passion in acuiring more knowledge theoretically while being practically-oriented at times.
I believe students should always try to find a linkage between the theory that they learn and its practicality in the working world in order to appreciate this knowledge and be adept in adapting to the ever-changing environment.
1) Instil an enjoyment for learning.
2) Ability to link theoretical concepts to real-life practices.
3) Instil independent learning.
I think these will help them in future (uni studies, careers ect).
Linda Liew shared:
Once interests is triggered, half the battle is won.
ONG Chai Lin said ....
my basic philosophy for the students are simply preparing them to be work ready and life ready so that they can contribute to the society at large.
Tan Hai Su:
Activate interest of students.
Applications and job opportunities that require the knowledge of the module.
My teaching philosophy is:
1. Make the students have the ability of applying the knowledge they get from class to the real industry products and tehnique.
2. The students shall have the ability to learn new things by themselves after they begin their career.
Learning is like rubberband, it must be flexible, can be stretch and take no specific shape.
I always thought that when we are teaching a module, content should not only cover information pertaining to that module. There are many other aspects we can share with students from an industrial experience angle, life experience angle etc. This might cultivate some students learning interests. Maybe students might share interesting experience to the class as well.
Especially liked the teaching philosophy by Justin =)
I guess, for myself, it is to cultivate student's interest in the subject and to inspire students to learn.
I believe, learning gets easier when the interest is there.
I guess teaching philospohy lies greatly on what's our values are and how we perceive happiness and success is to us.
I believe in teaching the students
in becoming an independent learners. To able to think actively, learn how to learn is a life skill. No more ten years series, solution template, ...etc.
I do hope this way of thinking can lead to increased self-awareness in whatever they do.
With that, they not only learn better but may extend such thinking to ask themselves what they want in life. What is it that they find happiness in.
Coz' I always ponder how can students solve a problem when they can't even identify what they do not know. Similarly, how can student perform at his best when he has no idea what he hopes to achieve in his life.
Patrick:
I hope the students can be happy while learning. When they can feel the joy, they will begin to do it on their own.
Teaching students how to learn while "Head Faking" it.
How I came up with it...? Well, learning methods is something I think students should know. And it can always be used.
Patrick, brilliant analogy and I totall agree!!
I would like to adopt the following quote by Benjamin Franklin to be my teaching statement:
"Tell me and I forget,
Teach me and I remember,
Involve me and I learn"
The first time I heard this quote was actually during a speech by Principle Chua from NorthLight School. Her speech was about holistic education. I admire her determination.
These three lines might be simple, but the message within is what I should always remember as an educator.
Gabrielle Koh.
Teaching Philosophy is:
1. teaching & learning comes together. i teach but i learn from students as well
2. encourage creativity and innovative thinking if they have reasonable reason..so always ask why...
My teaching philosophy is....
- To ignite the students desire to learn
- To guide them to the correct path of life
- To provoke their inner creativity and let them explore their abilities
- To ensure that the skills and knowledge learnt in school are put in use
Teaching should be a fun and enjoyable. I hope to see my students can enjoy their study and be motivated all the time. Of course, they will have no regret after all. ;-)
My teaching philosophy is simple.
Be the very best of yourself and do the very best in everything that you do.
fangyen wrote:
"you dont know who you are until you know what you can do" - i find this statement very true and i hope i will be able to help students discover their potential through my teaching.
Activity 6: My teaching statement
• My basic teaching statement is to ensure the ’transfer of knowledge is carried out’. In order to ensure this, various teaching methodologies, evaluation of the status of teaching and feedbacks from the students will be useful in completing the portfolio.
• I came up with this teaching statement after analysing the basic ‘requirement’ of teaching…It is simply to make somebody understand certain theory, concept and be able to perform certain skills
My humble philosophy about teaching:
1 care and respect students
2 nurture them to meet their potential
3 excite students about learning &
4 cultivate a spirit of humility and graciouness in students
“An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.”
– Carl Jung (1875-1961)
For something simpler, I like MOE's Vision Statement: “… Lead. Care. Inspire.”
My teaching philosophy is to impart my knowledge to student. At the same time im also learning from student what i may not actually know about the subject thru their questioning. Always bare in mind never "smoke" or lies to student.
There's one thing that I must always remember do when I write a script - 'Show, don't tell.'
Show them that learning can be fun.
Show them that you care.
And... show them that they can be whatever they want to be.
My teaching philosophy:
1. Encourage classroom interaction, discussion and inquiry
2. Provide students with the skills and knowledge that will lead to life long successes
3. Help students to find their own paths as I believe that every individual is able to strive for success in their academic performance.
And I always remind myself that a teacher is always a student, be humble and respect your students.
To impart to students the industrial and working experience that I have acquired through the years in nurturing them and preparing them for the workforce.
My teaching philosophy is to prepare students to be work, life and world ready!
I got this from SP's vision which I think makes good sense. Instead of restating the reasoning behind each goal, please check out SP's website!
To equip the students with current knowledge of the industry and to prepare them for working life.
As a lecturer, we should give our students up to date information of the industry that they will be serving such that when they really go out to work they have a more gradual learning curve. We should also train them to work in teams having good interpersonal skills is as important if not more important then technical skills
I hope to be able to inspire students to be interested in the areas that I'm teaching and in so doing they will be motivated to find out more, and experiment on their own.
Show your passion in teaching and your caring for students. They can feel it!
My experience so far in 1 month. This is what the movie about Lou Ann want to tell us, isn't it?
Communicate with the students at their level and gain their trust and respect through sincerity.
From my graduate adviser: Ideas can only be relayed via effective communication; learning starts when students start trusting and respecting their teachers.
Ing ngarsa sung tulada, Ing madya mangun karsa, Tut wuri handayani.
Old sanskrit language that i think very relevant to my philosophy.
It means: Standing at the back of his student, a teacher has to push and direct. Standing among the student, a teacher creates, demonstrate and instil ideas. Standing in front of his student, a teacher has to set examples and become a patron of moral values.
To prepare the students to be ready for their next phase in life. What they need is not just the academic knowledge, but also the right values and attitudes in life. Students nowadays tend to be spoonfed and well taken care of in other aspects of life, they need to be motivated and pushed to achieve beyond the comfort zone.
In one sentence, I don't just teach maths, I teach students.
(I find that for a good proportion of my time, I teach students what it means to take the initiative and to take personal responsibility for their studies.)
@Gilbert, you are probably one of the rare few who actually say that interpersonal skills may possibly be more important than content matter knowledge.. Interesting!
Teaching is to educate the students with passion and love so that they can become a better man in the future not only in their knowledge but also in their behaviour.In addition to teach means to bring out the best of our students.
my philosophy is very simple:
To educate the students not to train them.
But not so simple to implement because educating them not just mean to impart them with technical knowledge but also with moral and ethical knowledge so that they can become better people.
Inspire students in my area of teaching (architecture), and for them to proceed with self motivation to find out more themselves.
I hope they will return and share their findings with me. There is no end to educating an Architect...we can only open and lead the pathway to a certain extent.
Teach students how to fish, and not give them the fish. Also, teach them how to find fish!
To trigger interest in students. When interest is there, learning is not far off.
Impart knowledge and experience, guide and mentor the students, instill learning interest and desire, maximise their potential, build their confidence and capabilities to be work ready, life ready and world ready.
I am not sure if philosophy is the right word to use but my belief in teaching is to act as a guide/facilitator in leading students towards a journey of discovery.
The reasons for my subscription to this thought is that I feel learning is very often (though not all the time) a self-directed activity. We can teach/blabber for all we want, but it is up to the learner to internalize the thoughts imparted.
Hearing without thinking will not help the learner to acquire knowledge. Most of the time, we can't directly affect another person's thoughts (i.e until I pick up hypnotism).
Hi David Tan here.
My philosophy in teaching is to prepare them what the real world out there. Besides nurturing them with the required skills, I prefer to push them as far as possible in regards of creativity. My belief is that creativity is the catalyst to differentiate a strategic thinker from a skilled worker.
To impart knowledge & skill.
To mould their desire & capability to think beyond the knowledge & skill that we imparted them.
My teaching statements are,
1) Prepare the students to be the active and self learners
2) Stimulate students to practice critical thinking
3) Prepare students to be competent professionals to serve the society
Ative learning with critical thinking is one very useful tool for professionals in this era. Serve the society is our ultimate goal if they are professionally competent.
A teacher’s main goal is equipping and empowering rather than merely transferring knowledge, helping students in learning to learn. Students are eager and with guidance in the right direction, will seek out and discover knowledge on their own.
This is my choice:
The things we have to learn before we do them, we learn by doing them.
- Aristotle
As I have stated before while commenting about the 3 levels of reflecting thinking applied to teaching, experiential learning is a great way of making sure our students think in AND our of the box.
I am a collector of memories and I teach by relating memories, events, stories that best illustrate and enhance learning points and the experience leading to it. As someone much wiser once said "As one person I cannot change the world, but I can change the world for one person."
I agree with Charmaine Tan line of taught;
"Our days are identical suitcases- all the same size- but some people can pack more into them then others."
Getting the student to think and seek, and find that happiness is a direction, not a place.
This is tough!
I hope to inspire students to learn because they are curious and excited about something, rather than learn for the sake for learning. This way, they will continue learning for a long time. I still am!
I had to put together a teaching portfolio as part of my facilitation certification at RP. This was done last year. But looking at what I had written, I realised that it has changed.
This quote has been attributed to Plato : "The only real wisdom is knowing you know nothing".
This I think can be applied to teaching. With different students, different cohorts, different schools, you know that you need to vary your teaching methods. No two students are the same.
My one is:
"Helping you is my responsibility; rejecting me is your choice"
We have to try our best to take care of every students under our arms. but to certain extend, the students should also learn to take their own responsibily and bear the consequences if they prefer to walk in their own ways and affect the other students in the class. They have to step out from the school sooner or later.
I would hope that they can feel my passion for the subject and therefore ignite their interest in the subject (a killer subject to some). My way of explanation has always been made easy (i hope so) for them to understand through physical activities. Hope they can see it in another way.
Never give up, never say no. Try so that at least you have given a try.
To inspire, motivate and challenge. To have a 'Never-Say-Die' attitude!
My teaching philosophy is:-
1. Motivate them to learn
2. Train the students to have the ability apply the knowledge they learn from class to the real industry.
My Teaching Philosophy is to prepare the students for the World, motivate them to achieve more and to be confident and aware of their ability.
my teaching philosophy is "to learn how to learn".
mine's "making hard easy, not easy made hard".
My teaching philosophy is "creating an enjoyable learning experience for the students"
My teaching philosophy is 'Don't teach. Mentor.' The in-thing now is Mentoring.. Teaching is so 80s..
After some unforunate experience, my teaching philosophy is " everything comes back to you... so spoon feed them well.."
My teaching philosophy is to impart to my students with the necessary technical knowledge, and also to inculcate the correct values, discipline and attitude in them so that they can have a foothold in the workforce, the society and the world.
“Teach to Inspire”
I strongly believe that inspiration is a great motivational factor to people. Without inspirations, we will not feel the need to propel to greater heights.
My Teaching Philosophy is akin to that of a coach.
I CARE and LET's MAKE a Difference :)
Ryan J Tan
To prepare students to be work and world ready.
That is what i want to be when i was a stduent in SP
My Teaching Philosophy is the same as my personal philosophy taken from Vince Lambardi:
There are many things that make a person successful or have good grades or be a great teacher, lawyer...what ever profession be it a student or teacher, but
'The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength or a lack of knowledge but a lack of will'
Persistence and being brave in the face of hardship and adversity cannot be emphasized more.
Helping students learning strength and self motivation is as important to me as imparting knowledge as many students suffer from self-doubt which prevents them from moving further.
Lorain Kok
I would like to present myself as a peer, albeit an older more experienced and more knowledgeable peer to my students, as I would like mould them into potential co-workers that are professionally-competent and passionate about carrying on my trade when they graduate and move into the working world.
In a nutshell, to be inspiring, to create enthusiasm, and to make students want to do their best even without their realising it. (Tall order, I know.)
My teaching philosophy:
"those who yearn to learn, will learn and can teach"
Think about it...
Mine Teaching Philosophy is to actively engaged students to acquire knowledge for their future work or study. [The main purpose as a lecturer working in Singapore Poly.]
To allow the student to acquire the knowledge, first I must asks student about their expectations, goals, learning styles and background. [Have to understand them before u can start to impart the knowledge]
Further to this the modules I am teaching must be interesting, have many real life example/application shown, and using technology to help in teaching difficult modules. [ Interesting stuff will always attract people to it, so have to make it interesting for them to learn.]
On-top of teaching the knowledge, I would engaged student to be actively involved in the school communities and social communities. The involvement of the students in those activities will help them to learn to work together with other people from different background. [Study is not just reading textbook, notes and doing homework, it shall involve some community work to let the student have a holistic education.]
My teaching statement is:
"To teach in a manner that the students would love to learn and continue to learn beyond what I have taught."
to inspire and motivate them to be the best they can be...
my teaching statement" to stimulate intellectual learning and professional personal development"
My teaching statement is "Treat every student as my own child and give them the best I can possibly give." Because this is what I would like his teachers to do, if I send my son to a school.
I would like to borrow this quote :
"There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live." I hope to champion the first and excel in the other.
Carolyn Liu Yang said..
My teaching philosophy:
To prepare them better for life (even there is only slightest difference I can make)
I personally like the statement which goes something like "I will not give you food, but I will teach you how to farm".
It originates from a chinese saying if I'm not wrong. Just felt that education should not be about giving knowledge, but equipping students with the skills to seek knowledge.
My theaching philosophy is "make sure the students learn something", not necessary the knowledge from the notes, it can be the skills, ways of thinking, correct behaviours etc. The students are here to learn.
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