I enjoy teaching and derive great satisfaction
from it. My teaching philosophy is essentially a
student-centered and interactive one. It is my firm belief that
one should not teach without first having identified what the
needs and existing capabilities of the students in one's class
are. It is only once these two things have been established that
one can begin to respond to their academic requirements. Thus,
teaching should never be top-down (i.e. dictated by what I think
the students need), but should be bottom up, where students
express their needs, and I respond to them. During this process,
I believe that interaction, both tutor-student and
student-student, needs to be encouraged because this promotes
discussion and debate, which in turn leads to learning.
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