TPI results

Overall, I agree with the results offered by the TPI. Here are my more detailed observations:

Dominant perspective: Transmission

I do agree that my dominant perspective is transmission. I believe that a teacher's mastery of the subject matter is crucial to effective teaching. Students learn in different ways and have varying strengths and weaknesses. When concepts or ideas are presented by a teacher in one way, some students will absorb the information in its delivered form, and others will ask for clarification by offering a seemingly identical idea in a different form or from a different perspective. Without mastery of the subject matter, the teacher will be ill-equipped to offer effective communication and learning.

Back-up perspective: Apprenticeship and Nurturing
Apprenticeship and nurturing perspectives are important, but I may not be practicing these perspectives as much as I could be. Students often ask, "When will I ever use this in real life?" Offering practical advice that students respect can act as a bridge of communication between teacher and student. Also, I find value in hard work, that in many cases, hard work can outperform brains. I do encourage students, whether at the top or bottom of the class, to simply do their best and I would reward those who show dedication.

Recessive perspective: Developmental and Social Reform
Although my TPI result concludes otherwise, I would like to think that I have at least a back-up developmental perspective. I do offer multiple ways to understand an idea and attempt to conduct my lessons from the learner's perspective. I placed right on the boundary line of recessive perspectives. I guess this may be a result of my more definite recessive social reform perspective. While I do think that social reform and challenging the status quo are important, I don't believe that it is appropriate for every student. Therefore, I would rather teach students to follow the status quo and be successful in it. I would like to individually challenge those students who may show the capacity to challenge common practices.