Educational Philosophy
I assume my students want to learn. True learning requires hard work.
I motivate my students to learn with lots of course work including weekly
homeworks, weekly quizzes, and a comprehensive final exam. My role is
to define what I want students to learn then to help them understand
and learn that material. I try to balance theory and practice so
students can see the value of what they are learning. I
convey enthusiasm for the material in lecture and I'm sure my
students can sense that I love my job and that I really care about
their futures. I've been very honored to receive fifteen UCI teaching
awards over the past fifteen years of teaching.
Few people are highly intelligent. Fewer have good ideas.
Fewer still can implement them in detail. The fewest can
communicate them powerfully. Truely effective people posess all these
skills and they iteratively apply them long enough to make a difference.
