Administrator. (2023, November 16). What is a Teaching Philosophy? Examples and Prompts. University of San Diego – Professional & Continuing Education. https://pce.sandiego.edu/teaching-philosophy-examples/

The University of San Diego offers a comprehensive guide on teaching philosophy and prompts that educators can follow to create their own. This source helps differentiate the learning and teaching philosophies. Due to many of the learning and teaching philosophies overlapping, having prompts that teachers can answer helped find a definitive line in what makes the philosophies different.

By, Mcleod, S., on, U., & 1, F. (2024, February 1). Constructivism Learning Theory & Philosophy of Education. Simply Psychology. https://www.simplypsychology.org/constructivism.html

Simply put, Psychology’s article breaks down constructivist theory into an easy-to-follow into an easy to follow article. The article starts with what the philosophy is, goes into what the types of constructivism are, the teaching aspect of the theory entails and finishes with a critical evaluation. It was the most recently reviewed article of the article used and was written by Saul Mcleod, who has a PhD and added his references at the bottom of the article. Under the types of constructivism, Mcleod breaks down the types into social, cognitive, and radical in an easy-to-follow chart.

chris.drew.98031506. (2023, October 7). 59 Teaching Philosophy Statement Examples. Helpful Professor. https://helpfulprofessor.com/teaching-philosophy/

While this source was a blog post, it gave a different perspective on teaching philosophies. This article gave a definition of a teaching philosophy and a checklist that educators can follow; however, this article also gave examples of different teaching philosophies. To round out the article, the author also gave personal accounts of educators, including their teaching philosophies and why they developed that specific teaching philosophy.

Cohen, L. E., & Waite-Stupiansky, S. (2023). Theories of Early Childhood Education: Developmental, Behaviorist, and Critical. Routledge.

Cohen and Waite-Stupiansky’s book offered the most comprehensive explanation of Jean Piaget’s views on early childhood education. The book itself offered insight into Piaget’s education and research background before diving into his learning theories. This book gave a more in-depth discussion of the constructivist learning theory, breaking down the different aspects of the learning theory from early childhood into the educational aspect. It helped solidify my research and philosophy thesis. When searching through peer-reviewed journals, this book was populated with both an ISBN and a DOI number. The background as well as the breakdown of each part of the learning theory was helpful in understanding constructivism.

Connectivism Learning Theory. Western Governors University. (2024, March 19). https://www.wgu.edu/blog/connectivism-learning-theory2105.html

Western Governor’s University’s article gave a comprehensive summary of connectivism. It begins by explaining what connectivism is using statistics and by defining the theory itself. The article was useful in defining key terms, such as nodes, that were present throughout articles about connectivism throughout the internet. The writer keeps a simple structure by using lists whenever possible and headers to make the information easier to follow. The source seems credible due to its use of citations throughout.

Kurt, Dr. S. (2023, September 25). Connectivism Learning Theory. Educational Technology. https://educationaltechnology.net/connectivism-learning-theory/

Dr. Kurt discusses where connectivism emerges in the timeline relative to the other learning theories. In this article, Dr. Kurt also defines connectivism and what the theory entails by defining key terms. He continues on to describe social media’s role in the theory before describing how the collaboration aspect can transform the classroom in general. In this article, Dr. Kurt discusses the ideas of gamification and simulations which other articles do not speak about as much.

Masethe, M. A., Masethe, H. D., & Odunaike, S. A. (2017). Scoping Review of Learning Theories in the 21st Century . Proceedings of the World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, 1.

In this article, the writers begin by defining the predecessors to connectivism in detail. They then give a history of 21st-century learning and how technology has affected the educational system. They continue to introduce connectivism along with the benefits that the theory could provide, finally rounding out the journal with the methodology of implementing connectivism in the classroom. Due to being the longest of the journals, it is the most well-rounded as far as information on connectivism is concerned.

YouTube. (2010, May 24). Bring on the Learning Revolution! | Sir Ken Robinson. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LelXa3U_I&t=336s

Sir Ken Robinson’s quote seemed necessary because my learning philosophy combines an old-school philosophy with a new-school philosophy. The video is about the need for change in the education system to ensure student success. The quote I used was along the lines of this.