Teaching context and philosophy

Teaching context and philosophy

The core principles that guide my learning and teaching philosophy include create an active learning environment, collaboration between students, develop intellectual curiosity, design real-world experiences, reflect through experiences, and create inclusive culture through empathy. I inspire my students by focusing on why and how rather than just delivering facts. In my teaching, I find using real-world and contemporary examples help students to relate to, get fascinated, and inspiration to develop technologies improving our planet, our people, and our future. As a teacher, I feel the responsibility to ensure holistic development of students in social, intellectual, and emotional dimensions. I genuinely care about students’ future and know that I must go that extra mile to lead a positive impact on my students. As a scholar in Artificial Intelligence, I believe teaching and research should go hand in hand. When teaching computing courses, I like to incorporate my own research that complement regular class content. I extensively make use of technology and learning tools to promote meaningful, engaging, and collaborative learning. The experience of teaching a variety of computing courses at multiple institutions has made me aware of the needs and interests of a culturally and ethnically diverse cohorts. As a result, I prepare lesson plans always considering the interconnection between the student's own knowledge, cultural and learning abilities, the subject matter discussed in class, and current trends in the industry. 

 

I greatly value the supportive and caring environment that UNSW provides to educators and students. In my prospective career as a Lecturer at UNSW, I look forward to working in a collaborative learning and teaching environment with both faculty and students, where I can develop courses incorporating innovative teaching techniques and the most recent theories and research through an interdisciplinary approach. I regularly build upon and complement my theoretical and practical knowledge through attending professional workshops, conferences, and courses I am really enjoying teaching COMP9517 and COMP9444 in CSE at UNSW and I feel that I could contribute to several other courses at both the introductory and intermediate levels. I would also welcome the opportunity to develop new courses according to the school needs. The reputation of UNSW where students receive a more personalised, high-quality education, while still enjoying student life, is exactly the kind of setting in which I would like to continue my academic career. I am confident that I will deliver stimulating courses to the next generation of computer scientists and professionals