diff --git a/content/teaching-philosophies.md b/content/teaching-philosophies.md index a10c712..56145af 100644 --- a/content/teaching-philosophies.md +++ b/content/teaching-philosophies.md @@ -110,46 +110,42 @@ detecting when I go too fast or become too confusing. I like when two instructors complement each other during a lesson. ::: -> ## Sabry Razick -> My approach is to show it is fun to demystify concepts. Once a concept is -> not a mystery anymore, the learners will understand is what it means, where -> it is coming from, why it is in place and what it could it offer for their future. -> I try to relate concepts to real life with a twist of humour whenever possible if -> the outcome is certain not be offensive to any one. I use diagrams whenever possible, -> I have spent weeks creating diagrams that is sometime three or four sentences. That -> effort I consider worthwhile as my intention is not to teach, but to demystify. -> Once that is achieved, learners will learn the nitty gritty on their own easily -> and with confidence, when they have the use-case. -> -> -{: .challenge} +:::{challenge} Sabry Razick +My approach is to show it is fun to demystify concepts. Once a concept is +not a mystery anymore, the learners will understand is what it means, where +it is coming from, why it is in place and what it could it offer for their future. +I try to relate concepts to real life with a twist of humour whenever possible if +the outcome is certain not be offensive to any one. I use diagrams whenever possible, +I have spent weeks creating diagrams that is sometime three or four sentences. That +effort I consider worthwhile as my intention is not to teach, but to demystify. +Once that is achieved, learners will learn the nitty gritty on their own easily +and with confidence, when they have the use-case. -{: .challenge} -> ## Richard Darst -> -> Like many people, I've often been teaching, but rarely a teacher. I -> tend to teach like I am doing an informal mentorship. -> I've realized long ago that my most important lessons weren't -> learned in classes, but by a combination of seeing things done by -> friends and independent study after that. I've realized that -> teaching (the things I teach) is trying to correct these differences -> in backgrounds. -> -> My main job is supporting computing infrastructure, so my teaching -> is very grounded in real-world problems. I'm often start at the -> very basics, because this is what I see missing most often. -> -> When teaching, I like lots of audience questions and don't mind -> going off-script a bit (even though I know it should be minimized). -> I find that sufficient audience interest allows any lesson to be a -> success - you don't have to know everything perfectly, just show how -> you'd approach a problem. -> -{: .challenge} +::: + +:::{challenge} Richard Darst +Like many people, I've often been teaching, but rarely a teacher. I +tend to teach like I am doing an informal mentorship. +I've realized long ago that my most important lessons weren't +learned in classes, but by a combination of seeing things done by +friends and independent study after that. I've realized that +teaching (the things I teach) is trying to correct these differences +in backgrounds. + +My main job is supporting computing infrastructure, so my teaching +is very grounded in real-world problems. I'm often start at the +very basics, because this is what I see missing most often. + +When teaching, I like lots of audience questions and don't mind +going off-script a bit (even though I know it should be minimized). +I find that sufficient audience interest allows any lesson to be a +success - you don't have to know everything perfectly, just show how +you'd approach a problem. +::: :::{keypoints} -- Here we summarize keypoints. +- People have different viewpoints on teaching. :::