FFOUT Program: A Practical Teaching and Learning Program for Academics New to Flinders
Flinders Foundations of
University Teaching Program
Personal Learning Portfolio
Name of Participant:
Year of Completion
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Personal Teaching Philosophy and Philosophy in Action
Peer Evaluation Report
Workshops/Activities/Modules
Final Reflection
References
Personal Teaching Philosophy and Philosophy in Action
Tips about what is expected to be submitted:
- About 2500 words in length
- Written in the first person
- Should be a living document as your views will change over time and this document should be updated periodically to reflect development of ideas and beliefs
- The style should be appropriate for inclusion in a performance review document
- Should contain references that support your beliefs
Tips about what to include:
- Work in belief statements that have an impact on your teaching or guide your teaching
- Write brief paragraphs that state your beliefs and then expand and elaborate
- Provide support for your belief by referring to the experiences that shaped your beliefs and the literature that supports or influenced your beliefs
- Describe your practice and how it is built on your personal philosophy of teaching
- Explain how your teaching practice has arisen from your beliefs andbeen refined and developed over time
Think about these questions while you are developing the statement:
- In what sites of learning does your teaching operate?
- How does the site impact on your teaching and your students’ learning?
- What do you consider crucial that students learn from your teaching?
- Why do you believe these things? What has influenced your practice?
- What are some elements of your practice that are very important to you?
- Are there things you always do?
- How are these derived from your teaching philosophy and linked to it?
- How do students respond?
Peer Evaluation Report
This report should be approximately 1500 words. The final report should describe the whole process you have gone through and what you have learned about yourself and your teaching. Describe what it was like to be both observed and to be the observer, what occurred in each of the meetings you had with your ‘peer’? What were the most difficult, interesting and positive aspects of the process? What did you learn about your teaching? What is your view about peer evaluation and its role in assuring teaching quality at Flinders?
How will you approach peer evaluation in future?
Workshops/Activities/Modules
List the additional teaching and learning activity/activities in which you participated as part of this program. This can include a range of teaching and learning related events such as Flinders University workshops; conference participation; attendance at a Community of Practice or Open Classroom. What did you gain (in relation to how you teach) by attending the activity/activities?
[Note if you participated in FFOUT prior to 2014 the expectation is that you attended and write on one additional workshop. From 2014 the expectation is attendance and reflection on two activities.]
Final Reflection
Please write a short statement in response to each of the following questions (these questions relate to the entire FFOUT Program):
- What have you learnt from your participation in the FFOUT Program?
- How has it influenced your teaching?
- What challenges have you faced in completing this Program?
- What were the particular strengths and weaknesses of the Program from your point of view?
References
The literature you have referenced to and any other references you wish to include as part of the PLP document should be listed here.
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