Teaching+Philosophy

= Teaching Philosophy =

My philosophy continues to evolve every year. At this point, it is my intention to be a facilitator rather than a lecturer. This means the children should be learning independently with the teacher guiding and directing when necessary rather than giving out reams of information. Everyone seems to agree that having students do hands on projects is a better way for children to retain information. I believe that ultimately I should only have to supply a question. (Ex. Does The Rate of Jumping Jacks A Student Can Do In 10 Second Intervals Decline Over Two Minutes?) The student in discussion with his team should come up with a plan to investigate and solve this problem.They should develop a hypothesis, design a way to verify it, collect data determine if their guess was correct and report all results both orally and in writing.Using a rubric, students should be able to assess their own project.

I believe this is the way to maximize both learning and retention of material.