Teaching Philosophy
Purposeful pursuit of knowledge and a thoughtful reflection of experiences are the cornerstones of effective learning. Educators and learners are co-collaborators in this pursuit. Learning occurs through intentional connection with selected content, consolidated with enriched experiences. To facilitate this connection, educators must provide individualized support to each learner. Creating new insights encourages further inquiry and promotes lifelong learning.
To begin this journey, the co-collaborators must learn to respect and trust each other. A meaningful connection to one another precedes an intentional connection to the content since learning occurs best in a psychologically safe and well-supported environment.
The Central Tenets
Reflective Learning
Concept-Based Learning
Concept-Based Learning
Active, persistent, and careful consideration of any belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the grounds that support it, and the further conclusions to which it tends, constitutes reflective thought.
John Dewey
Concept-Based Learning
Concept-Based Learning
Concept-Based Learning
When key concepts and conceptual ideas of a discipline become the “drivers” for learning, we lead students to deeper understandings that transfer across different situations.
Erickson, Lanning & French
Experiential Learning
Concept-Based Learning
Experiential Learning
There are two goals in the experiential learning process. One is to learn the specifics of a particular subject, and the other is to learn about one’s own learning process.
David Kolb
Land Acknowledgment
I respectfully acknowledge the privilege to live, learn and grow on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the Coast Salish, Tsleil-Waututh, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Qayqayt, Stz'uminus , šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam), Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, and
Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish) nations.
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