Development of Teaching-Learning Philosophy

Assignment 1: Development of Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy (35%)
Your personal assessment of your philosophy of teaching and learning should be unique to you. This assignment will give you a good base for enhanced learning through the remainder of this course and will provide you the opportunity to achieve the course learning outcome: describe the complexities and realities of health teaching from a personal and theoretical perspective. Supporting information and assessment of your philosophy of teaching and learning is addressed in Units 1 – 3.
Assignments must be submitted via the appropriate dropbox on the course home page.
Evaluation Criteria for Assignment 1
* Articulate clear statements of your personal learning style and your professional teaching philosophy.  (3 marks)
* Link at least one of the theoretical underpinning (e.g. Behaviorism, Cognitivism, Social Constructivism) to support your teaching-learning philosophy.  (10 marks)
* Provide one clear and detailed example to demonstrate how your values and beliefs related to both teaching and learning affect your role as a health care professional.  (5 marks)
* Provide evidence of application of course concepts from Units 1, 2, and 3 and references from external sources as needed to support your teaching-learning philosophy. (7 marks)
* Accurate APA format including:
* Title page, headings and subheadings (1 mark)
* References in the body of the paper (2 marks)
* Reference citations in the references list (2 marks)
* Accurate scholarly format including:
* 3-4 pages in length, excluding title page and References list (1 mark)
* Introduction (1 mark)
* Scholarly language and professional tone  (1 mark)
* Grammar, spelling, and punctuation (1 mark)
* Conclusion (1 mark)
Total possible marks 35