Jaime: United States: Antioch University: Sep 01, 2020

Beyond endeavoring to ensure that my students learn the primary subject matter of the course, my objectives as a teacher are as follows: 1) to foster language acquisition that is applicable in day to day life: 2) to encourage critical thinking; 3) to facilitate the procurement of intercultural competency in cross cultural settings; and 4) to help cultivate lovers of knowledge. What’s more, my teaching philosophy is largely based on Constructivist teaching theory as well as the following three principles: 1) active student learning sturdily influences student-learning outcomes; 2) assessment processes strongly impact student procurement of knowledge; and 3) apposite encouragement and discipline nurtures education and fortifies positive student-teacher relationships. With the aim of meeting the aforementioned standards, my courses are designed to be collaborative, differentiated, and scaffolded, with a Constructivist (learners are actively involved in learning) foundation.