Teaching philosophy statements typically improve over time with teaching experience and instructional self-knowledge. Graduate students without this experience and self-knowledge risk producing lackluster statements when applying for academic positions. This study identifies components of a biology education course that positively affected the development of eight graduate students’ teaching philosophy statements.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2011Stock # jcst11_040_03_32Volume 040Issue 03

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