ABSTRACT
This chapter is devoted to exploring some ideas that may inspire a teaching philosophy for communication and media studies faculty. It examines that reshaping the values of society is the goal that resonates with several philosophies. A teaching philosophy is a set of organizing, essential tenets that orient the instructor's educational activities. In suggesting some educational philosophies for communication faculty, Briggs and Pinola argue that a pedagogical philosophy should be used as a reference point for consistency and to guide the newer instructor. Constructivist pedagogy is concerned with the process of the validation and legitimization of knowledge as well as the devaluation or delegitimization of other types of knowledge. Dewey's progressive view of communication as the foundation that undergirds true community and a democratic way of life symbolizes his educational philosophy. His work is integral to the study of social life as a form of communication-a view that supports much of the North American academy's contemporary focus on active learning.
