Philosophy Statements
During summer 2006 I took two classes: Educating Adolescents and Effective Teaching Methods. By the time I completed these courses, I had developed three philosophy statements that discuss my beliefs regarding teaching science to adolescents. These statements can be found below:
Adolescent Psychology Statement
Analysis of the North Carolina State and National Science Standards
Philosophy of Teaching Science
In April 2007, after over seven months of student teaching in the Durham Public Schools, I revisited my philosophy statements from summer 2006. Below is a statement of my final teaching philosophy.