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Teaching philosophy of Ms. Erin Gruwell:
Through her unique way of teaching Ms. G was able to help and transform her students' lives by instilling a philosophy that not only values diversity but helped them promote it.(Morgan & Lock, 2014). She had to find ways to relate to the students through their life's experiences. She made a point of involving her students in the teaching and learning processes, and she also encouraged them to teach her about their lives. She used the 'journaling-method' to encourage the students to write about their day and their feelings, which improved their thinking and writing skills, which also led to a deeper understanding of their classroom reading.

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In the beginning of the novel Ms. G. used the Teacher-Centered approach, but soon realised that it is a dead end. She then evolved to using the Inquiry Approach which is a type of Student-Centered approach. It is formed around the concept that teaching and learning is improved when students are actively involved in the process of teaching and learning. The Inquiry Approach allowed the students to tackle real-world questions and controversies, develop research and communication skills and problem solving skills.

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The first Teaching Method that stands out in the film is when Ms. G presented the learners with a game; the Line Game. By using this game she is able to learn more about the students personal lives, but more importantly, the students learn more about each other's lives, and they come to realise that they aren't as different as they thought they were.

Ms. G also uses a Problem Solving method when she writes a bunch of sentences on the board, each containing an error, and asks the students one by one to identify the error and correct it.

Ms. G also uses the Groupwork method on many occasions in the film.

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For the Groupwork activity Ms. G divided the girls and boys into groups and wrote a topic for a class debate on the board. This taught them to make their opinion heard in as little time as possible, and also to be silent and listen to other's opinions. (01:36:00)

Problem Solving -  Ms. Gruwell: "Now,   none   of   these sentences  are  correct. I’d like you to rewrite these sentences  using the  proper  tenses  and spelling  on  page  four of your workbooks." (00:27:24)

The Line Game - Ms.  Gruwell: "We're  gonna  play  a  game, all right? It's a lot of fun. I promise.   Look, you   can either sit in   your   seats reading  those  workbooks, or  you  can  play a  game. Either  way,  you're  in  here till  the  bell  rings. Okay. This   is   called   the   Line Game.  I'm  gonna  ask you a question. If that question applies   to   you,   you   step onto the line, and then step back   away   for   the   next question. Easy, right?" (00:41:12)

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Teaching philosophies of Mr. John Keating:
“I always thought the idea of education was to learn to think for yourself”. This sentence sums up the teaching philosophy of Mr. John Keating. He has a few principles of his own, which is very different of what the Principle, and school, expects of their students; which is to think creatively, critically, passionately, and imaginatively ((Landsborough, 2006)

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Mr. Keating uses a form of Student-Centered Approach to education called the Progressivism Approach. This approach is based on the idea that everyone in the class must be treated equally, even the teacher. Therefor the teacher only acts as a a guider, which allows the students to creativity to grow as they learn and adapt to their instructor’s lecture and generate their ideas. (TheDigiTeachers, 2020) When Mr. Keating uses the quote "Seize the Day" he encourages the students to look within themselves, and to do what they want or must do, to make their lives extraordinary.

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"Now I want you to rip out that page" (0:22:58) Mr. Keating's words after the students read that poetry can be measured on its greatness through the use of a graph. This is the first sign that Mr. Keating is not your average traditional teacher.

"I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way" (0:43:10) "Just when you think you know something, you have to look at it in another way" (0:43:31) Here we see that Mr. Keating is actively showing his students how to view the world, and the things they learn. He shows them that they will never fully know something, because you can look at it in many different ways to learn more about that certain thing.

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Mr. Keating uses a number of interesting methods to teach his students.
He tries to make the material more accessible and relevant to the students. He does this when he impersonates Julius Caesar in a more modern way, so that the language is more understandable to the students.
Keating also teaches the students outside of the classroom, this improves their engagement in the lesson.
He also connects their learning directly to their pre-existing knowledge by reciting poetry to music while kicking a soccer ball.

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LaGravenese, Richard. Freedom Writers. Paramount Pictures, 2007.

Landsborough, K., 2006. Teaching Approaches in The Dead Poet's Society. kim's place

Morgan, R.D. & Lock, P., 2014. Erin Gruwell: A Biographical Account of a Teacher Leader for Change. Educational Leadership and Administration: Teaching and Program Development, 25, pp.69–71.

TheDigiTeachers, 2020. Progressivism in education – five steps to creating a student-centered classroom. TheDigiTeachers.