Teaching Philosophy Statement and Ideological Becoming

Abstract

The writing of a teaching philosophy statement can be interpreted as a dynamic component in the development of the teacher’s system of ideas, their ideological self. In this article of reflection, I examine the exercise of reflection and personal growth that the development of a personal educational philosophy promotes according to some writing guidelines available. Through a documentary method, I argue the assumptions of the beliefs in question to interpret them under bakhtinian concepts of heteroglossia and ideological becoming. The examination of heteroglossia in the text of a TPS increases the awareness of individual teaching activity connected to broader social, cultural, and political practices built through writing. These considerations are intended to connect the activities of educators with the possibility of more democratic societies.