Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1. Introduction-Background
Known > Not known
Projected
Significance for field, health Research
3-5 years:
2. Overview next 3-5 years (and more)
Areas,
Key areas-hypotheses to investigate Hypotheses,
Include any preliminary data
Innovative
Innovative strategies or methods Methods
How you plan to accomplish goals
Have you received a grant?
Outcomes
3. Expected outcomes from work and +
Impact on knowledge, field, health Impact
Enactment of Goals Enactment is specific & thoughtful. Description teaching methods not Description of goals not
(teaching methods) Incl. detail& rationale for teaching clearly connected to goals/not well articulated. Methods basic, non-
methods, clearly connected to developed. Generic methods reflective or non-existent.
specific goals with specific examples description, no example of use within
discipline
Assessment of Specific examples of clearly Assessments not connected to teaching No assessment of goals, or not
Goals (outcome described assessment tools that align goals & methods. Describe too general adequately described
with teaching goals & methods. with no reference to motivation behind
measures) They reinforce priorities & context assessments. No clear connect to
of discipline in content & type priorities of discipline
Creating an Coherent phil. of inclusive education Inclusive teaching addressed but in Issues of inclusion not addressed
Inclusive that is integrated throughout cursory way that isolates from rest of or done in awkward manner. There
statement. Space for diverse ways of phil. Brief connects identity issues to is no connection to teaching
Environment knowing & learning. Demo aspects of teaching practices
awareness of issues of equity within
discipline.
Structure, Rhetoric Has a guiding structure or theme to Has a guiding structure or theme but not No structure present, disconnected
and Language engage reader. Organized, jargon well connected to ideas discussed statements about teaching, jargon
avoided, used teaching terms above. Organization weak, jargon, little used liberally. Needs revision
(critical thinking). Grammar & use of teaching terms (critical thinking).
spelling correct Grammar & spelling correct
Professors & Administrators say:
1. Research institutions
2. Do not repeat your CV
3. Do not make empty statements
4. Keep it short (refer to #1)
5. Ground philosophy in discipline
6. Well written
7. Teaching is about the students
8. Include research
9. Get others to review
10. Be genuine
* Montell, Gabriela, (2003). How to write a statement of teaching philosophy. The Chronicle of Higher Education, downloaded
December 13, 2010 from http://chronicle.com/article/How-to-Write-a-Statement-of/45133/.
OSU Center for the Advancement of Teaching
http://ucat.osu.edu/teaching_portfolio/philosophy/philosophy.html
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