Preparing for Careers in the Academy Workshop: Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

Preparing for Careers in the Academy Workshop: Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

This workshop will explain the theory and practice of crafting a good teaching philosophy statement. The key points of a well-written teaching philosophy will be covered and participants will begin to construct their own teaching philosophy statement during the workshop through a series of reflective and small group discussion activities.

Audience: Graduate students (doctoral or master’s) with at least one semester of teaching experience or TA experience

Pre-Workshop Assignment: Briefly describe a class you learned a lot in—what was it like? What did you do? What did the instructor do? Bring your description with you to the workshop.

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