Brookfield (2015; chapter 8) emphasized the challenge and excitement in teaching and learning from a learning environment with diversity in a wide array of areas. In my case, the diversity that I experience the most in facilitating learning includes personality differences and learners from varying cultural backgrounds. I also wrote a blog related to thisContinue reading “Moving Forward: Teaching in Diverse Classrooms”
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Acknowledging Resistance to Learning
One of the most frustrating teaching experiences is when I observe that students resist learning. It is frustrating in the sense that as a teacher, I am seeing that the opportunities I provided to students to share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences are not valued. A recent experience I had was facilitating a face-to-face learningContinue reading “Acknowledging Resistance to Learning”
Student’s Plagiarized Work: Teacher’s Ethical Dilemma
All of us, teachers, encounter a student who copies the sentences or paragraphs from others’ works and submit it as if it was their own. Let me tell you my own experience and share my thoughts about this ethical dilemma. In an undergraduate research writing course, a student submitted a final research paper with severalContinue reading “Student’s Plagiarized Work: Teacher’s Ethical Dilemma”
Empowering Students for Deep Learning
As a teacher, I do not only have the power to run my class, but I also have the responsibility to empower my students. In his book, Brookfield (p.241; 2015) contended that, “Learners exercise power when they suggest examples that clarify a concept or illustrate a principle, helping a discussion gather momentum.” This resonates withContinue reading “Empowering Students for Deep Learning”
Characteristics of Evaluation: Immediate, Regular, Individualized
Evaluation has to be a process that gives not only feedback to the adult learner to improve but also establishes trust between the teacher and the learner. Brookfield (1990, as mentioned in Fenwick & Parson, 2009) emphasized that the feeling of mutual trust is established through being sensitive with the adult learner’s feelings. With thisContinue reading “Characteristics of Evaluation: Immediate, Regular, Individualized”
Self-Assessment: A Powerful Tool for Continuous Improvement
Evaluation is a ‘systematic collection and analysis of data needed to make a decision’ (p. 3, Fenwick & Parson, 2009). The 9 purposes of evaluation include 1) comparing performance of the learner to the goals of the instruction, 2) guiding learners on what to improve, 3) keeping track of the progress, 4) assessing teaching strategies,Continue reading “Self-Assessment: A Powerful Tool for Continuous Improvement”
My Insights as a Student: Facilitating Learning Online
Facilitating learning online is the pressing challenge that teachers encounter, not only because of the ongoing pandemic but also because of the exponential growth of technology. I too face this challenge and there is no other way to move forward but to learn to conquer such a challenge. I enrolled in a course that aimsContinue reading “My Insights as a Student: Facilitating Learning Online”
BROD Cycle: A Simple Guide to Creating your Own Teaching Philosophy Statement
If you review the literature related to teaching philosophy, one idea that stands out is that we have different perspectives on how we see effective teaching and learning. I believe this is true because the effectiveness of teaching and learning strategies may depend on several factors such as the learning environment, personality differences of teachersContinue reading “BROD Cycle: A Simple Guide to Creating your Own Teaching Philosophy Statement”
The Interaction Between Hidden Curriculum and Culture
What is Hidden Curriculum? Hidden curriculum is generally acknowledged as the socialization process of schooling (Kentli, 2009). In contrast to the explicit curriculum which anchors on what is written in the syllabus, the hidden curriculum portrays those which the instructors teach but are not explicitly written (Drew, 2020). It is this idea of socialization thatContinue reading “The Interaction Between Hidden Curriculum and Culture”
Classroom Management for a Student High in Introversion
One of the challenges of being a teacher is to manage both the group and the individual. Specifically, individual differences of students in the class can influence the learning experience. This article introduces a learning situation wherein it calls for addressing the need of an introvert student. What’s the situation? Ian is the pleasant participantContinue reading “Classroom Management for a Student High in Introversion”
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