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PHILOSOPHY ESSAY
A formal philosophy essay is required of students in all EDU and EED courses. Our university partners have asked us to introduce the concept of a philosophy as it applies to our individual course topics in preparation for their more comprehensive philosophy of teaching and learning that will come in the final semester in the university program.
A formal philosophy essay is required of students in all EDU and EED courses. Our university partners have asked us to introduce the concept of a philosophy as it applies to our individual course topics in preparation for their more comprehensive philosophy of teaching and learning that will come in the final semester in the university program.
PROGRAM HANDBOOK PAGES
Revision Checklist and Rubric
Courses requiring a philosophy essay should comply with the purpose and standards as outlined in the CGCC Program Handbook. This excerpt includes:
Revision Checklist: Students may use this independently or with a peer partner to check the content and standards of their essay.
Analytical Rubric: This rubric format allows for specific point values for expectations.
Holistic Rubric: This rubric format provides a more holistic or general interpretation of standards.
Revision Checklist and Rubric
Courses requiring a philosophy essay should comply with the purpose and standards as outlined in the CGCC Program Handbook. This excerpt includes:
Revision Checklist: Students may use this independently or with a peer partner to check the content and standards of their essay.
Analytical Rubric: This rubric format allows for specific point values for expectations.
Holistic Rubric: This rubric format provides a more holistic or general interpretation of standards.
INSTRUCTOR SAMPLES
Assignment Directions for Philosophy Essay
My essay assignment directions take students through all stages of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising and editing, and publishing (final draft).
Word Wall
My students and I brainstorm words, phrases and professional vocabulary that might well be found in a philosophy, in this case for Children's Literature. As a prewriting activity this provides them with the source of possible topics and word choice.
Rubric
I prefer holistic rubrics ... this is the common rubric with some wording revision to meet specifications of the philsophy in this course.
Model Essay
I provide my students with a student's paper from the previous semester as a model for. You will note this is not a complete model ... just enough to give students a "taste" of its voice and content.
Assignment Directions for Philosophy Essay
My essay assignment directions take students through all stages of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising and editing, and publishing (final draft).
Word Wall
My students and I brainstorm words, phrases and professional vocabulary that might well be found in a philosophy, in this case for Children's Literature. As a prewriting activity this provides them with the source of possible topics and word choice.
Rubric
I prefer holistic rubrics ... this is the common rubric with some wording revision to meet specifications of the philsophy in this course.
Model Essay
I provide my students with a student's paper from the previous semester as a model for. You will note this is not a complete model ... just enough to give students a "taste" of its voice and content.