Professional Development: Pedagogy

Teaching Philosophy: brief guidelines and best practices

For a full range of excellent resources related to writing a teaching philosophy statement please see the following page on the University of Michigan’s Center for Research on Learning and Teaching website: The Teaching Philosophy and Statement.

Some excellent articles on writing a teaching philosophy from the Chronicle of Higher Education:

• “How to Write a Statement of Teaching Philosophy” by Gabriela Montell, The Chronicle of Higher Education
• “What’s Your Philosophy on Teaching, and Does it Matter?” by Gabriela Montell, The Chronicle of Higher Education

• Academic Enrichment Fund
• Kyobo Fund
• Mr. and Mrs. Cho Fund – Innovation in Teaching
• Robert Turner Theatrical and Performance Design Fund – Innovation in Teaching