Teaching Philosophy

I learnt a lot about the qualities of a good teacher through my own experience as a student, during school and college years. I was dreaming of becoming a teacher, and I was always thinking of the positive things I want to do with my students. That is why I consider myself a gifted teacher; I always feel my students and understand their needs and expectations.

Education for me is not only delivering knowledge, it is training people how to use their brain’s power, how to criticize, communicate, think, practice, research and how to use all of that outside the school, in order to make productive citizens out of them. The point here is how to let the student “transfer” his/her skills into his next life and become a real professional.

My believe is that the major problem in our society is the lockage of teamwork and communication with others in a professional way, it looks like these issues along with disrespect, arbitrariness, carelessness and the lack of goal setting and planning are altogether slowing us down in the process of development, and these are exactly the things I am focusing on in my teaching

The time a student spend in school will shape his personality and future, therefore will shape the whole nation’s future, in some cases this time will be very fruitful, in other cases it will be only a waste! And this is where we think ourselves doing the right things in class, but in fact we are not, and for me I try to overcome this issue by revising my teaching style from time to time, asking for professional feedback either form my students or colleagues. I think doing quality control that goes in parallel line to our teaching will save us from the “waste” of time we might get into

Assessment of student performance is a key aspect of teaching, and it is a sensitive issue, that is why I am careful when it comes to preparing assessment tools. I make sure to make them fair and honest. Besides one of the things I am good on is how to use the exam as a teaching tool, and an excellent opportunity for me and the students to diagnose points of weakness and strength and work on them. Upon that, I don’t think that students should” only be evaluated using tests and exams. Projects, teamwork, homework, participation are some examples, I even sometimes give marks for people who ask “smart questions”, all because I need them and I push them hard to think.

My expectations are always high from the people I do teach, despite their level or age, I am aware of any cultural differences or learning difficulties they might have. But frankly, I don’t expect my students to recite the second law of thermodynamics or law of cosines upon graduation, but if s/he can carry a research on some topics, criticize and evaluate data and information, and present it in a professional way; I would consider this is a tremendous success