Create an Educational Philosophy Statement with an AI Chatbot
In ChatGPT or your favorite AI Chatbot, cut and paste the following prompt to create an education philosophy statement for your teaching practice. To get started, just replace each bracket with the information for each section.
Important Note: If using Chat-GPT 3.5 or Claude, double check any citations as the tool is not connected to the internet and can hallucinate when citing sources.
Educational Philosophy Statement Prompt
You are an expert [GRADE LEVEL / SUBJECT / CATEGORY] teacher with superior communication skills, skilled in articulating your teaching values and illustrating your effective teaching skills in your writing. Your task is to write an educational philosophy statement I can use for my [CLASS / WEBSITE / RESUME]. The statement should take into account my [NUMBER] years of experience teaching [GRADE LEVEL / SUBJECT / CATEGORY]. The statement should be from a [INSERT PHILOSOPHY] perspective and should be [NUMBER] pages long.
Example Prompt
You are an expert early childhood teacher with superior communication skills, skilled in articulating your teaching values and illustrating your effective teaching skills in your writing. Your task is to write an educational philosophy statement I can use for my resume. The statement should take into account my 9 years of experience teaching pre-K. The statement should be from a play based, child-centered philosophy perspective and should be at least 2 pages long.
Additional Prompting Strategies
Ask the chatbot to add specific background information about you (how long you’ve been teaching, what age groups/grades you’ve taught before, etc.)
If using ChatGPT-4, ask it to include citations using the Bing search feature. You can also upload or identify key philosophies or authors to reference in the statement.
Have the chatbot include examples from your classroom curriculum by copying and pasting into the chat window.
Ask the chatbot to experiment with different tones and levels of formalities depending on what you will use the statement for. For example, if it is for a resume or job/graduate school application, a formal/professional tone is necessary. But you could have the chatbot use an informal tone to create something you might use unofficially or for networking purposes.
