Leslie Douglas

I use a student-centric approach to learning where much emphasis is placed on students’ participation in the educational process as opposed to assuming that students are empty vessels to be filled from the drum that is my wisdom. My approach considers students to be not just objects but subjects of education as well, and I view my role not just as a teacher, but as a facilitator and also a delegator. To simplify it a bit, I don't provide one or another method of doing things that are already set in stone but I spend a lot of the time offering guidance and support so that my students are capable to figure things out on their own, thus making them active participants of the process.
I am also a firm believer in first principles. A student must understand a problem to the barest minimum because it is that fundamental understanding of a method or a solution that will enable them to easily spot when that pattern or that problem presents itself in real life. In the end, what is the point of teaching if we are not trying to mould viable problem solvers.