"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats
Teaching Philosophy
To be an effective teacher requires a set of basic principles or philosophy that guide and shape one’s actions in the classroom. While acquiring those principles is a function of experience more than anything else, they are also gleaned from other faculty and colleagues.
And while just a few basic principles are enough to build a foundation for successful teaching, they are not necessarily a static set of “rules to live by.” Being a successful teacher requires you to continually adapt and refine your philosophy to reflect the reality of today’s students. What works in one classroom this semester has no guarantee of success in a different classroom next semester.
In short, what I have come to understand is that effective teaching is a lot more than simply standing in front of students and lecturing. It is a complex endeavor that requires the instructor to be an active part of the learning process. With that in mind, I would offer two examples of principles I have tried to put into practice in my own classroom: be flexible, be engaging.
My passion for innovative teaching has led me to adopt a “flipped” course approach in many of my courses.
Courses Taught
William & Mary, 2020-present
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2000-2020
Teaching Philosophy
To be an effective teacher requires a set of basic principles or philosophy that guide and shape one’s actions in the classroom. While acquiring those principles is a function of experience more than anything else, they are also gleaned from other faculty and colleagues.
And while just a few basic principles are enough to build a foundation for successful teaching, they are not necessarily a static set of “rules to live by.” Being a successful teacher requires you to continually adapt and refine your philosophy to reflect the reality of today’s students. What works in one classroom this semester has no guarantee of success in a different classroom next semester.
In short, what I have come to understand is that effective teaching is a lot more than simply standing in front of students and lecturing. It is a complex endeavor that requires the instructor to be an active part of the learning process. With that in mind, I would offer two examples of principles I have tried to put into practice in my own classroom: be flexible, be engaging.
My passion for innovative teaching has led me to adopt a “flipped” course approach in many of my courses.
Courses Taught
William & Mary, 2020-present
- IT Infrastructure & Business Transformation (graduate)
- Project Management (graduate and undergraduate)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2000-2020
- Business Intelligence (graduate)
- Telecommunications Management (online and onsite, graduate)
- Organizational Applications of Telecommunications (undergraduate)
- Information Technology Policy & Strategy (graduate and undergraguate)
- Management Information Systems (online and onsite, graduate)
- Information Resources Management (undergraduate)
- Introduction to Computing and Management Information Systems (undergraduate)
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