https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8 An Institutional Autobiography en-us 2021-04-25 23:33:33 UTC 2026-03-22 22:46:35 UTC hello@padlet.com garias011_1 https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1457192971 If three words could outline my pedagogy philosophy in relation to writing, it would be voice, identity and oppression. At the center of my beliefs, I designate a lot of my thinking based on how writing in this modern society naturally tackles on oppressive gestures while also shedding on light on ways to get away from super restrictive state standards and guidelines. With that being said, during my four years at Manhattan College, I’ve had many opportunities to polish my pedagogical statement, but have never thought of it in terms of writing. Through the explanation and exploration of my personal philosophy, we can come to terms with how to take these conventions and ensure that there exists a motivation to use writing as a means of genuine expression rather than forcefully generated pieces of writing. This is my philosophy:

• Writing is an essential part of life that can blossom into greatness. Acquiring knowledge can enhance a child's future plans by increasing their readiness for the real world and preparing them for the career they plan on pursuing.. Through teaching, I want to instill the genuine love of writing that I experienced and pass it down to my students with a determination for achievement and growth. The significance of challenging my students and exposing them to the relaties of the world rather than simply getting through the suffocating state standards will be one of my main priorities. As a future educator, it is critical to teach students in a way that years after being my students, they will look back and remember my engaging writing lessons and be able to reflect not only in the classroom, but in the comfort of their own thoughts. The ideas of motivation, knowledge and compassion I want to implement within my teaching of writing will change the lives of my students and open their minds to new ideas. 

]]> 2021-04-25 23:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1457192971 garias011_1 https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1457196397 Throughout my college experience, I have learned about many theorists that coincide with my beliefs and inform my way of thing. Educational philosophers like Piaget and Kohlberg pose liberating thoughts and practice that encourage students to not only recognize the restrictions that may be placed on their writing habits, styles and themes, but also explain reasonings behind why it may be difficult for students to independently stray away from the strict rules of writing that they are accustomed to abide by. Piaget’s theory of moral development which determines heteronomous morality: “moral realism” or rules impose by others. This is the theory that dictates how adults know or do not know to do. This relates to literature and composition when students learn to cope with rigid writing prompts in a way in which they recognize it but do not become absorbed by this writing experience. Along with this specific theory, I believe it is also important to mention Piaget’s theory of autonomous morality which involves the way in which we socially cooperate with rules and social interactions. This is related to my educational philosophy in terms of how to teach students to recognize the systems that are in place to make writing oppressive—and then go on to demonstrate to students how they can compose around tedious strict guidelines that have most likely existed throughout their entire educational careers. Kohlberg's and his stages of moral reasoning—how children reason about rules that govern their behavior on moral reasoning and judgements are based on consequence & rules set by others. This is similar to Piaget’s theories, in stages (preconventional: rules set by others, conventional: rules and own needs, and postconcential: define values by ethical principles they follow) that define the way writing is constructed within schools—which gave me a better understanding of how to judge my own strong beliefs on the teaching of writing 6 stages split 3 levels.]]> 2021-04-25 23:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1457196397 garias011_1 https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1457215059 Through this theories of composition course, I was able to establish that the major themes of my pedagogy combine notions of voice, identity, liberal education and oppression. The Expressivist theories effectively highlight what is most important to me--"the self" in writing. Developing this essay through a print-orientated form and displayed digitally demonstrates how strict writing conventions and form exist no matter how unique a writer’s style is—for instance, simple conventions of a paragraph such as indenting at the beginning of the first sentence, capitalizing the first word of the beginning of each sentence and inserting a period at the end of a sentence. However, through the explanation and exploration of my personal philosophy, we can come to terms with how to take these conventions and ensure that there exists a motivation to use writing as a means of genuine expression rather than forcefully generated pieces of writing. Kingston is the theorist that has resonated with me throughout this class--specifically the process theory that involves the irrational sense of doing something incorrect. This means sabotaging students' thinking in a way that creates unresolved tension on how writing works and how we teach it. This goes hand in hand with how he distinguishes personal writing--a space for decision making, how to define it, and academic writing which is personal writing in a scientific form that present tension. This encouraged me to ask myself: What are the goals of my writing pedagogy? What do I wish to get out of this for my students? The answers are rooted in the solutions to Kingstons posed theories--ensuring that students are instilled with a genuine love for personal thought through writing, that doesn't sabotage their thinking but instead encourages personal and worldly realities rather than simply abiding by strict standards. This celebrated a student centered thinking that allows them to be proud of their voice and opinion in every writing piece they write. I embrace Macrories theories on recruiting personal thought and experience into academic discouse because this allows for classroom full of purpose—and by this I mean a space where truth is at the center of writing that we can learn from and relate to. His theories on free writing reinforce the emphasis I put on allowing students to write in a comfortable space where they are able to free write and ponder into their world of thought without feeling susceptible to the traditional denial of their unique, personal and cultured discourse. ]]> 2021-04-25 23:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1457215059 garias011_1 https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1457496584 2021-04-26 01:58:28 UTC https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1457496584 garias011_1 https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1524406422 2021-05-14 12:59:41 UTC https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1524406422 garias011_1 https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1524472838 2021-05-14 13:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/garias011_1/bscamrd5oixufoq8/wish/1524472838