In Part 5 about how to get schools to buy your book—culled from a plan of action created for my friend, client, and associate, Morri Stewart, and her fantasy novel Faltofar—curriculum developer turned creativity coach, Deborah Allen, talks about how to create curriculum and the related instruction, starting with writing up your philosophy of education as it relates to your book:
There is a specific methodology for creating curriculum and instruction that can easily lead to information overload. Let me make it easier by making a recommendation for the methods below to begin to process what the work looks like. The truth is you don’t need to be an expert at the steps below, but the steps do take time. I [Deborah] would work on these steps in conjunction with raising monies. That starts with establishing a philosophy of education—beliefs on thinking and learning turned into a statement that you will use to develop content (and will be asked about directly).
A strong educational philosophy will be the basis to identify your interactions and approach to learning. Your teaching pedagogy and methodology will align with the philosophy to develop instructional and learning strategies specific to your curriculum.
A philosophy of education indicates to teachers where you’re coming from so they know what they need to add or expand to support their students’ learning. Technically, the philosophy of education examines the goals, forms, methods, and meaning of education. You do not need to be an expert to identify with strong thinkers and apply this thinking to create a philosophy of education statement.
Edutopia is a free, teacher-sourced platform to share knowledge and best practices. I would suggest you read the “What is Your Educational Philosophy?” article because it includes a useful exercise to help turn that philosophy of education statement into a framework to create content and deliver instruction.
Back to Linden:
Okay. We’ve discussed establishing your philosophy of education as it relates to your book. Next week we’ll take that to the next level and explore your pedagogy (theory and approach).
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