Chapter 7: Thinking about Teaching and Learning

Information I would like to include in my philosophy paper:

1) How to organize the classroom? I need to put some thought into whether I prefer to have a classroom with rows, groups, or different for the occasion. Each style of organization has it's positives and I need to look into what would best work for the classroom atmosphere I'm striving to create.

2) How to teach the students? Knowing that not all students learn best from the same teaching style, I need to give a lot of thought into how students learn, what they should learn, and how they should learn it. I'll need to set classroom goals that my students should be guided to achieve. No class is going to be taught the same way, but having a foundation to build off of will be a start.

3) What Values and Ethics to establish in the classroom? Its vitally important to demonstrate moral values and ethics in the classroom, and not only demonstrate them, teach them. This takes being a good role model, saying and doing the right thing, and present yourself in a respectful manner. This is probably one of the most important aspects of teaching and one I need to address in my philosophy paper. How I want my image to look and practice being respectful of everyone around.