Self-awareness is at the core of being a good teacher, it lays the foundation for your teaching practice.  For example, in my teaching philosophy, I have emphasized partnership because I believe in the critical role of coaching along with educating.  Given this belief, I also tend towards a Progressive educational philosophy.  This philosophy is conducive to the inclusion of motivational frameworks in part because it is learner-centered (Wlodkowski & Ginsberg, 2017).  Conversely, a teacher-centered authoritative philosophy would not align well with the inclusion of motivational frameworks into instruction design.

Establishing a foundation (your philosophy) is the first step to being authentic.  The other requires you to act in accordance with your philosophy (Galbraith & Jones, 2008).  I have shared my philosophy of teaching with you as an example.  In part, so you can begin to visualize what yours might look like, but also so you can better understand what guides the teachable moments I have included for you in this portfolio.  I highly encourage you to participate in the activities for self-reflection to the right.  Then, write a first draft of your own teaching philosophy. Conveniently, this is also an opportunity for you to experience two practices commonly applied in health education to affect behavior.  1) self-reflection (a component of experiential learning) and 2) values assessment (intrinsic motivation).