Is there a new philosophy of teaching and learning that was introduce only in the past decade? Please also share your current teaching and learning philosophy. Thank you.
Dear Romer Castillo,
Generally speaking, education has always been awash with drastic pendulum swings of competing theories. Language teachers usually possess personal beliefs and values about multiple aspects of education such as the purpose of education , the relationships between teachers and students, and the purpose
of monitoring and assessment methods. In point of fact, these theoretical assumptions , one way or the other, impact the teaching process . Consequently, understanding and identifying these theories have helped teachers adopt a critical attitude towards their profession . Accordingly, teachers' awareness of coping with students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds should be an inherent feature of the teaching theories . Unlike conventional constructivist or behaviorist theories of learning which tend to assume that learners are linguistically and demographically homogeneous, more recent socio--cultural theories and their tributaries assume that teaching and learning are influenced by the dynamic nature of the socio- cultural environment dominating the educational context. More notably, the new theories seek to shed light on the interplay between the learning environment and learners' educational experience and their socio-cultural background, which can affect the learning outcomes. Not surprisingly, the new theories cater to the learning needs of international students and remove their unpleasant feelings of marginalization due to what is called ‘cognitive dissonance. For more information, I refer you to the following links, which can hopefully satisfy the question.
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R. Biria
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https://www.ascd.org/ASCD/pdf/journals/ed_lead/el_195903_lindgren.pdf
https://www.doe.in.gov/sites/default/files/cte/ncteb-edphil.pdf
https://ctle.hccs.edu/facultyportal/tlp/seminars/.../comparison_edu_philo.pdf
Thank you Prof. Biria. I will certainly read the articles you attached.
Dear Romer Castillo ,
The society needs a new philosophy: not a return to communist ideology, not a desire to make money and not a search for salvation in religion.
Regards, Shafagat
The more technological developments arise, the more people try to adapt widely-known philosophies to technological tools to see if they can improve effectiveness of these philosophies. So, I think the literature of the philosophies is a little slow in last decade. But maybe some sciences of the future like A.I., big data, IoT may cause experts to think about something new.
A recent philosophy of teaching and learning that I employ is the use of educational games. When I teach philosophy of law, I have four mock trials spaced evenly throughout the course of the semester, such that each student in the seminar gets to be either a prosecutor or a defense attorney once in the term. When I teach the history of Christianity, I have a mock "Second Diet of Worms" fictionally held in 1540 where I play Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, and each student plays a different reformer and has to convince me that their religious convictions should be the official position of the Holy Roman Empire. These games cause students to take part in the learning process and to permanently absorb knowledge.
Dear Romer Castillo
My philosophy is to using task based teaching.
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My philosophy is effective teaching by the teacher and active learning by the learner. Teaching based on love, affection and respect between the teacher and students.
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