My Teaching Philosophy

I believe that teaching is a life-long experience. The more experience you have in the classroom, the better teacher you become. I will never forget my first year as a teacher. It was a little bit hard as I didn’t have much knowledge about teaching methods, psychology nor classroom management, but my passion and motivation to teach English enabled me to surpass these difficulties. Now after ten years of experience, I feel that I have grown professionally but there’s still a long way to go. Hence, one should make use of his teaching experiences in order to improve his teaching practices and achieve their educational goals.

I also believe that teaching is both an art and a science at the same time. It is an art when it comes to practice. A teacher should be a good practitioner. He’s got a holly message to deliver; so he has to do what it takes to deliver it appropriately. Teaching cannot be done through common sense because it is an inter-related field that includes education, psychology, human sciences, culture and so on. Thus, a teacher should be knowledgeable enough in all these areas. Besides, a teacher should have enough background knowledge of all the teaching approaches, theories and techniques that scientific research has come up with in the field of pedagogy and education.

My ultimate goal in teaching is not only to enhance the learning of the subject matter, but rather to educate my students and inspire them to become the best they can be. I believe that students learn best by doing, so I try to implement task-based activities and provide a meaningful and interactive learning environment in my classrooms which increases my students’ motivation and enables them to participate actively in the classroom discussions and activities. What is more is that, I try to make use of the modern and educational technology in my teaching so as to cope with the development in education and meet the students interests as well. In addition, I always build a good rapport with my students, treating them as grownups and responsible people which enhances mutual respect and their self-confidence as well. I also try to be generous with them when they ask for something providing them with help and guidance anytime they need it.

What I like best about teaching is that it allows me learn new things everyday, and understand my students and myself as well. It also helps me build up that sense of empathy when I put myself in my students' shoes or when I see things from the others' perspective. Additionally, it helps me develop that sense of collaboration, working together and sharing for the sake of learning. Finally, It teaches me the meaning of altruism, when I sacrifice my time, money and health for one objective which is promoting my students' learning.

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