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Teaching Philosophy

My teaching philosophy has its basis in my own experience and my experience as a Military
instructor. The parallels of teaching Military aviation and any associated concepts to being a
Military leader are significant for me. I encourage a class of diverse students, not unlike a multidisciplined project team, to participate and collaborate to get the most out of their learning.
Similar to planning and executing scopes of work as a Military instructor for Aviation and rescue
swimmers, my responsibility as an instructor is to develop and provide a stimulating learning
experience to facilitate understanding and mastery of course objectives by the students.
Therefore, my goal, as with my project student, is to ensure that their expectations have been met
- not only have course objectives as strictly written been achieved, but the value of the subject
matter has been uniquely and successfully absorbed by each student. I am thrilled to see students
complete a course competent in its technical content as well as confident in their ability to
integrate their new skills into everyday practice.
My teaching philosophy is grounded in the belief that people learn through doing that concrete
experience coupled with active reflection is one of the best approaches to learning. I believe we
learn from failures as much as success, and that the classroom experience is not restricted to the
classroom environment.
I also believe that my students have duties to me, to their fellow students, and to themselves. I
believe that these duties support me in fulfilling my duties to students. Thus, I believe that it is
the students' responsibility to be supportive of the instructor and fellow students by being
tolerant of different points of view, prepared for class, willing to work hard to complete course
activities, willing to bring their life experiences into the class to enrich discussions, and willing
to try to apply what they learn in class to solve the problems they face on their jobs and in their
lives.

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