The quotations below resonate with me, capturing the essence of my teaching.
Connections (in my teaching approaches)
“Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibres, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.” Herman Melville
Passion (in enhancing curricula and resources)
“I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.” Frank Lloyd Wright
Learning (fostered through assessment and feedback)
“If we value independence then we may wish to set up conditions of learning which make for uniqueness, for self-direction, and for self-initiated learning.” Carl Rogers
Diversity (celebrating and respecting student differences)
“We all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air.” John F. Kennedy
Engagement (in scholarly activities and research)
“Education becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.” Paulo Freire |