Teaching

At the College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences / Department of Animal Sciences, I teach the Course(s) below:

1. Fish health management

2. Fish disease and parasites 

3. Principle of animal science

4. Fish management and production

5. Fish nutrition

6. Aquatic system

7. Ichthyology

My Philosophy in Teaching

I believe that all students are unique and have something special that they can bring to their own education. A good teacher must know her subjects and how to help students learn those subjects. I know a good teacher must have a deep appreciation of how knowledge is created in the discipline, how it is organized, and how it is linked to other disciplines. I use my knowledge of the discipline to expose my students to modes of critical thinking, encouraging them to analyze, apply, synthesize, and evaluate all they read and hear. I love the subjects I teach, and I know how to make them come alive for my students.

Despite writing a teaching philosophy, I really prefer to think about learning and helping others learn as opposed to teaching. I believe many of us have come to accept the working definition that teaching means giving information, which I believe is only the beginning of teaching and certainly only a small part of learning. When one gives information, it is easy to equate learning with the memorization of that information. Memorization is not always learning because learning requires thinking. I am beginning to understand that the teacher’s greatest gift to the learner is helping the learner be motivated to think and then to want to learn more. 

Teaching is a process of learning from your students, colleagues, parents, and the community. This is a lifelong process where you learn new strategies, new ideas, and new philosophies. Over time, my educational philosophy may change, and that's okay. That just means that I have grown and learned new things.