Our first charge as a group is to write our own personal philosophy of teaching. It needs to be clear and concise so that it can become something that we can remember, share with our students, and remind ourselves of when we encounter challenging teaching situations. It should also be something that is open to change because as said by many many great thinkers, "without change there can be no progress." We are taking this challenge from Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade's book, "What a Coach Can Teach a Teacher". Each of our philosophies will be different as we each come from different backgrounds and work with very different populations and ages of students.
Courtney's First Attempt at her Teaching Philosophy (likely to change in the near future)
I see teaching as a process of facilitating democracy. In the classroom my role is to help my students practice democracy, articulate and voice their opinions and perspectives, and think critically. Through problematizing constructs of knowledge, systems of power, and institutions of learning, I will encourage my students see more clearly that truth and reality are not stagnant, are not neutral, and often privilege the most powerful in society. Through challenging institutionalized power structures in education with creatively critical curriculum and dialogically dynamic classroom communities, I see education as a way to protect true democracy and enact radical equality.
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