ELN121:: Teaching Philosophy

What we value in our personal lives has no effect on what we value in our professional lives

• True

• False

All educators have the same teaching philosophies.

• True

• False

What is teaching philosophy?

• ideals and beliefs that are most important to you as a teacher

• reading material produced by Socrates and Plato

• ideas about philosophy

• education background

What are our Values?

• Anything we have that is expensive

• beliefs/ideas/qualities we assign worth to

• Beliefs we consider dangerous

• beliefs/ideas/qualities we do not care about

Which is an example of opposing values?

• conservative vs shy

• social vs outgoing

• freedom vs control

• All of the above

What do our values reveal about us?

• Our beliefs

• Our life experiences

• Our priorities

• All of the above