MY TEACHING PHYLOSOPHY
Students are unique. Different generation of students might have different effective ways to accept and receive knowledge. Especially structured knowledge such as engineering and science. We need to understand the students before teaching them. Our younger generations have an innate ability and interest to solve problems that can be harnessed to provide more stimulating lessons in early education. For example, instead of asking students ‘what they want to be’ educators could ask ‘what they want to solve’ to inspire a mindset that is more curious and flexible.
University goals. Teachers and students belongs to a community. A University is a community and has its own goals. In order to achieve these goals (CLOs and PLOs), teaching content and activities should follow the schools and university’s objectives.
Ensuring skills and personalities development. Skills and personalities obtained during teaching and learning activities remain relevant and how the personalities being developed by university courses can be suitably holistic and resilient to meet increasingly complex, interdependent needs of society and industry. Problem-solving, taking ownership, embracing failure, and encouraging curiosity during the learning and teaching process are important.
MY ASSESSMENT PRACTICES
Two way communication – I believe for the assessment and evaluation should be a two way communication carried out via both formative and summative way. Sharing session, discussion, site visit, test, final exam etc. Carry marks are the medium and opportunity for students to score the best, they could try to the last.
Continuous and final assessment should also exist. Students have the right to receive feedback and improve. The best is direct assessment in class activities.
STUDENT LEARNING GOALS
Student learning goals follows the goals of the Program Learning Outcomes and Course Learning Outcomes. Basically the goals are directed to the core subject of engineering with long life learning skills. This is to ensure students will be able to serve as an engineer for the development services to the country and society.
SELF REFLECTION AND TEACHING DEVELOPMENT
Receive feedback – There is no other way but to receive feedback by the students and see how they perform in tests and exams. sometimes too technological method might not be as effective then classic technique such as writing on boards and student to write their own notes compared to slides and videos exposure (has been tested, technological method does not work especially for basic and fundamental contents)
Engagement with industries through consultancies projects is a medium to learn new things. By doing so, I can become a competent engineer and teacher.
Involvement with international projects and platforms are also really important for us to see in the view of a bird’s eye. When we see how the world is doing, we may learned from it and clearly see what our country or local needs.
In summary,
Go as much PLACES as you can and speak and hear as much PEOPLE as you can! – literally around the world!
