I teach as I garden – supply all the right conditions and watch the students succeed (grow)

A response to the Your Metaphor Activity
created by Catherine Studholme (@cstudholme)

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I thought there were lots of metaphors from “Exploring your teaching philosophy: sample exercises” from the University of Waterloo that resonated with me. However, I found that I wasn’t all of those all of the time. It depended on the course I was teaching (who was I teaching, what level was the course, what are the students wanting to learn from that course, etc.). I did however, think that the gardener metaphor fit me in any course that I teach.

Example for "I teach as I garden – supply all the right conditions and watch the students succeed (grow)":
https://bank.ecampusontario.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Your-metaphor-A-gardener.docx