No open-access location is known for this record yet.
No open-access location is known for this record yet.
A set of principles for teaching and learning can serve us well. We may become more aware of our aims, more consistent in our communications with students and parents, more articulate at stating our positions, more adept at describing our rationales. There is a security that comes with knowing the principles, the tenets, to which we ascribe. Principles give us a platform for making choices and taking directions. Instead of rudderless improvisation, we can check ourselves to judge if we are on or off the path we have chosen. “Principles are important to us because they shape boundaries and supply tracks for our choices and behaviors as teachers . . . . Our principles form the foundation on which we base our actions and build our teaching identities . . . . Knowing our principles makes us better teachers. Because we know on what foundations our behaviors are based, we see congruency with those foundations in all that we do, say, and think as we work with students” Bennett and Bartholomew’s principles for teaching and learning provide one example of principles that can guide our school practices. Principle 1: Students have the right to be treated with respect and dignity for their ideas, skills, and stages of development. Principle 2: Students deserve an engaging learning environment in which they feel safe enough to demonstrate freely their understandings and skills through various types of participation. Principle 3: Student learning is the responsibility of both teachers and students. Principle 4: Learning is holistic and constructive. Principle 5: A teacher’s attitudes, behaviors, and methodologies should be compatible with one another. Principle 6: Quality of life is enriched through music and singing.
Loading…
Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.