MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
If I were to summarize my teaching philosophy into guiding principles, they would be:
1. to broaden learning journeys beyond our national borders so that we may critically examine and participate in education and community development practices;
2. to acknowledge diverse roles in the classroom that are of, but not limited to, catalysts for discussion, teachers through life experiences, community members through association, and thinkers through imaginative possibilities;
3. to create conditions for the development of competent, progressive, and critical educators and leaders prepared for a globalizing society; and
4. to facilitate a heightened awareness of the power dynamics in the classroom and society in general, acknowledging oppressions that have taken place and are continuously present, and of the efforts to build a respectful work and learning community.
1. to broaden learning journeys beyond our national borders so that we may critically examine and participate in education and community development practices;
2. to acknowledge diverse roles in the classroom that are of, but not limited to, catalysts for discussion, teachers through life experiences, community members through association, and thinkers through imaginative possibilities;
3. to create conditions for the development of competent, progressive, and critical educators and leaders prepared for a globalizing society; and
4. to facilitate a heightened awareness of the power dynamics in the classroom and society in general, acknowledging oppressions that have taken place and are continuously present, and of the efforts to build a respectful work and learning community.
