Teaching
Teaching
The first job of my father was teaching “engineering and home economics” at a middle school with only 11 students. The school was on a tiny island where nearly everyone became a fisherman, so the need for engineers or home economists was, to say the least, limited. Whenever we talked about those memories, my father would laugh and say, “Not everyone was motivated to learn about engineering and home economics.”
As an instructor of communication at a university, I am in a somewhat different position than my father was. Still, I often think about his story because not every student is naturally motivated to learn about communication theories and methodologies.
Whenever I teach, I remind myself that students come to the classroom with different backgrounds, interests, experiences, and reasons for being there. I ask myself why students need to learn a particular subject and how I can make that subject meaningful to them. I also think carefully about how I can adapt course materials and activities to accommodate different ways of learning and different levels of familiarity with the material.
For me, good teaching is not simply about delivering content. It is about helping students understand why what they are learning matters and creating opportunities for them to connect that knowledge to their own experiences and the world around them.
Methods of Communication Research and Analysis
Intercultural Communication
Human Communication
Methods of Communication Inquiry
Human Communication
Risk Communication; Persuasion; Communication Theories; Health Intervention
If you want to see my e-portfolio of my experience in the Graduate Certification in College Teaching, please click the link here. This website serves as the e-portfolio of my experiences in the Graduate Certification in College Teaching. The e-portfolio includes teaching materials I have created, my teaching effectiveness, and my reflections on my certification experiences (e.g., workshops, coursework, and the mentored teaching project). The following is the list of materials available on this website:
Syllabi, assignments, and course activities I have created
My teaching philosophy and teaching experiences
Quantitative and qualitative student evaluations
5 core competencies (reflections): developing discipline-related teaching strategies, creating effective learning environments, incorporating technology in my teaching, understanding the university context, and assessing student learning.
Mentored teaching project: summary of the project, outline of the process, findings, and reflections.