Philosophical purpose of my teaching
By Pindeniya Senevirathne
My teaching philosophy
• In the heart of my teaching philosophy lies creating a classroom that the children would be happy to be in.
• A good rapport between the students and myself, cultivating a positive teacher-student relationship, making the students enthusiastic about their learning, and developing them as confident and independent citizens with a good moral foundation, are the pillars of my teaching philosophy.
Graphic representation of my teaching philosophy
Good Rapport
Positive Relationship
Creating a classroom that children are happy to be in
Areas of expertise I need to cultivate in myself as a teacher in order to execute each of the five components of my teaching philosophy
Expertise in making the classroom a memorable
place for the students, by associating it with happy
experiences.
Creating a classroom that the
children are happy to be
in
Expertise in excellent
interpersonal skills.
Positive Relationshi
p
Good Rapport
Genuine interest about students
Honest and constructive communication
Respecting each other
Sense of humour
Emotional intelligence
Knowledge about adolescent mental, emotional, social and physical development
About Respect… A wise man once said….
Expertise in
effective teaching
methodologies that makes
learning fun
Making enthusia
stic about
learning them
pedagogy
pedagogical content knowledge / pedagogical
content technical knowledge
Creating a student centred classroom
Catering for wide range of leaners
Making the students curious, hand on and
responsible for acquiring knowledge
Our expertise in teaching is the powerful tool given to us to shape tomorrow’s destiny
Expertise in
developing confidence, independen
ce and moral
values in children
Developing
them as confiden
t indepen
dent citizens with a good moral
foundation
Modelling expected behaviour
Explicit teaching of morals
Promoting respect in the
classroom
Promoting confidence and independence
building activities in the
classroom
Providing / guiding towards extra curricular
activities to build confidence and independence
Something to Think about..…
Conclusion
• My teaching philosophy is multi dimensional and each dimension represents an area that is meaningful for me to develop and improve on in becoming the best version of my professional and personal self.
• Each of the dimensions of my teaching philosophy feeds on a key skill that I call ‘area of expertise.’
• Each area of expertise is multi faceted and is made up of collaboration of several primary skills intervened together.
Remember….
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