My Teaching Philosophy



It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” 

— Albert Einstein 


My teaching philosophy focuses on blending real-world situations with hands-on experience in the classroom and research environments. Teaching should be more than merely transmitting information; it should motivate students to analyze problems in-depth and past the curriculum’s boundaries. My teaching style is both enthusiastic and interactive, and I continuously involve students personally in the seminar and request questions as frequently as possible.


The Importance of Hands-on Experience


There is no better way to learn a concept than by direct undertaking or experiment. One of my objectives in teaching is to involve students in building and experimenting with real systems early on. An important aspect of this approach is to employ projects with interesting and meaningful results. Rather than simply turning the crank on an academic problem of literature classroom-orienteering, students’ work on realistic projects renders enormous benefits both in and out of the classroom.


 

I feel that students should work on real systems whenever possible. While “classroom-oriented” project environments can simplify some matters, students ultimately benefit from dealing with the complexities of actual systems. At the graduate level, I believe that all systems courses should involve a research project with a significant development component, hoping that students would pursue publication of their results.