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Essay Teaching Philosophy

Essay on teaching philosophy

Students will write a personal essay that outlines their beliefs about basic aspects of their educational philosophy.

Rubric Code: KXX5396

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Subject: Education

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Essay
	Poor 69 pts	Fair 79 pts	Good 100 pts
Content What is your role as an educator? How will you reach the diverse children in your classroom? What are your beliefs about how children learn? How will your beliefs affect your teaching? How do children learn? What are your instructional strategies? Discuss student groupings in your classroom.What is your classroom design? Discuss your instructional environment.	Poor The essay addresses four or five of the eight required aspects of the personal teaching philosophy with little or no references to the pour philosophies studied. There is no evidence of supporting evidance with examples and/or illustrations.	Fair The essay addresses six-seven of the eight required aspects of the personal teaching philosophy with references to the four philosophies studied. There is supporting evidance with examples and/or illustrations.	Good The essay addresses all the required aspects of the personal teaching philosophy with references to the four philosophies studied. There is supporting evidance with examples and/or illustrations.
Structure Relates to the three parts of essay: introduction, body, conclusion. The supporting paragraphs support and develop the thesis. The conclusion summarizes the main ideas.<BR> 20%	Poor The three parts of the essay are not identified. The main idea is not clearly stated. There is no logical relation between the parts of the essay.	Fair All the three parts of the essay are present. The introduction contains a thesis statement. However, there are some faults in organization: 1) the body paragraphs generally support the thesis statement, but some ideas drift away from the main idea. AND/OR 2) the conclusion is not connected to the main ideas discussed in the essay.	Good All the three parts of the essay are present. The introduction contains a clearly identifiable thesis statement. The body paragraphs clearly support the thesis statement with specific details. The conclusion briefly summarizes the ideas discussed in the essay.
Grammar, mechanics Grammar and spelling are correct. Punctuation marks are used correctly. All the words are capitalized correctly<BR> 10%	Poor There are many grammar, spelling, or mechanical errors, which makes the writer's ideas difficult to understand .	Fair There are some errors in grammar, spelling, or mechanics, but they do not impede understanding the writer's ideas.	Good The essay does not contain grammar, spelling, punctuation or capitalization errors.
References Relates to avoiding plagiarism, in-text citations and references as well as using the required documentation style<BR> 10%	Poor The author does not always cite sources AND the reference list has fewer than 3 sources OR sources are not cited according to APA style.	Fair The author does not always cite sources OR the reference list has fewer than 3 sources OR sources are not cited according to APA style.	Good The author cites sources both in text and in the reference list. The reference list has at least 3 sources. Sources are cited using APA style.
Life impacting Quote Did not enter one.	Poor Quote, but not very relevant.	Fair Use one already quoted in educational materials.	Good Researched and found an original.

Keywords:

Education, teaching, philosophy,

Subjects:

Education

Types:

Writing

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