My teaching philosophy? Intereting question. Through some three years of teaching in college, I’ve tried to help my students learn how to learn and how to have fun during the process. I wish each of them could somehow find something that they really enjoy and wanna keep exploring through the rest of their life. Call me a nerd, but I believe that is a blessing, which I find in both literature and bodybuilding. My slogan of teaching then might be “Happy Learning.” My actual experiences with college students, either in classrooms or gyms, are nevertheless sort of depressing. More often than not, I find them sloppy and stupid, with only a few exception. Again and again, however, I manage to encourage myself as well as those who really wanna learn something. Bet you what? It works.
Is teaching a craft or science? The two go hand in hand, I’d say. A teacher definitely needs some skills to successfully deliver knowledgeto those young eager minds. This part is called actual application, which is of vital importance since we are dealing with flesh-and-bone human students rather than robots. On the other hand, teachers also need some scientific and theoretical studies of teaching so as to develop a more complete and updated understanding of teaching. This part, then, is called scientific bank, working like a in-built database of various theoretical knowledge. My call on this? One needs both applicable skills and scientific training, since they complement each other.
