PHY 310 -- Readings for Teaching High School
Physics
Illinois State University Physics Teacher Education
Carl J. Wenning, Program Coordinator
Spring Semester 2022
Required background reading: Read the Executive Summary of A Splintered Vision before beginning to write. |
In light of what you now know as a result or your experiences in high school and in university education courses, state your personal teaching philosophy keeping in mind the above course objectives. Your philosophical position statement should answer additional questions such as the following:
Things you might want include: how you will use national, state, and professional standards, lesson design to reflect your epistemology (e.g. your philosophy of how students learn), questioning and wait time, equity, STS approaches (e.g. relevancy), problem solving, the role of the textbook, lecture, etc. You must explain how your classroom will operate, and what guides and informs your curricular and pedagogical choices.
Write this paper with the conviction that it will be an important part of the evidence of the kind of teacher you will become. Think of this essay as something you would be proud to leave at a school after you have interviewed with them for a job you really want.
In addition, your essay must satisfy the following general criteria: