EDU101PhilosophyPaper

You will write a Philosophy of Education statement that reflects your personal philosophy of education as of right now. It is intended to be a concise statement of your philosophy of teaching and learning--something that could be posted on your classroom wall, included in a syllabus, or attached to a résumé.

Hopefully, your philosophy will be an ever-growing, ever-changing, and ever-improving work in progress. By capturing your thoughts on paper now, you will have a benchmark that can be used to chart your growth.

EDU 101 and SED 101 are coordinated classes. You will write about your philosophy of education twice this semester--once at the very beginning of the semester, reflecting where you were before any formal education classes at UMF, and once at the very end of the semester. Hopefully, you will have learned new information in both classes that will contribute to your philosophy and you will have experienced learning and growth that will impact your beliefs about education.

Both statements will be well-written using //The Bedford Handbook// as your guide for grammar, punctuation, and style. It should be double spaced and typed.

Your statement can be written in first person, but it is still a formal statement. Do not use contractions, slang, or other informal writing techniques.

After writing your statement in its final version, grade it yourself using the rubric for first quarter. You will hand in a paper printout of your philosophy statement with the rubric on top. Staple the entire packet together and hand it in at the beginning of class on the assigned date. OR you will submit the link to your Google Doc version of the philosophy statement/paper and hand in the rubric in class. Check your agenda for details.
 * For those writing this statement in the first quarter**:

You will hand in a stapled packet with your self-evaluation on the top, your philosophy statement for EDU 101 beneath that, and on the bottom will be your track changes version of your SED 101 paper OR your philosophy statement from SED 101. OR you will submit the link to your Google Doc version of the philosophy statement/paper and hand in the rubric in class. Check your agenda for details.
 * For those writing this statement in the second quarter**:
 * 1) It is expected that this philosophy statement will have citations in it and that you will reference specific things you've learned this semester that impact your philosophy.
 * 2) Feel free to start with the statement you wrote in SED 101 and improve it, add to it, make changes. Or you can start from scratch. The EDU 101 and SED 101 versions of your paper should NOT be the same. You should now be able to support your philosophy and your opinions with facts and information that you've learned in the textbooks and in the two courses.
 * 3) After writing your statement in its final version, grade it yourself using the rubric for second quarter.

If you are not doing Google Docs and are doing this all on paper, your options are:
 * If you start with the statement you wrote in SED 101, turn on track changes in Word before you start making the changes. You can print out a copy of the paper with the changes and hand it in with your philosophy paper.
 * If you start your paper from scratch, please hand in the graded copy from SED 101 or a copy of it. Make sure there is a cover page or a note that clearly states that it is the paper you wrote for SED 101.