Assignment 1: Development of Your Teaching-Learning Philosophy
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. Feel free to incorporate elements of the models presented in the WHO (2012) Health Education: Theoretical Concepts, Effective Strategies and Core Competencies-document that fit with your experience in motivating people to learn.
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:
o Title page, headings and subheadings (1 mark)
o References in the body of the paper (2 marks)
o Reference citations in the references list (2 marks)
• Accurate scholarly format including:
o 3-4 pages in length, excluding title page and References list (1 mark)
o Introduction (1 mark)
o Scholarly language and professional tone (1 mark)
o Grammar, spelling, and punctuation (1 mark)
o Conclusion (1 mark)