Teaching and training

Teaching Philosophy

My teaching style is friendly, approachable, and flexible but at the same time I am rigorous when teaching the fundamentals of the subjects I deliver. Above all, I tend to give enough basic knowledge to students so they can develop their own geological database in solving geological problems and to trigger their curiosity in wanting to learn more. Once the fundamentals are well rooted, it is time to spice things up and deliver more advanced topics or subjects that will help people in reaching high skills and knowledge.

 

Since the subjects I teach are the ones I like the most, I am enthusiastic and I try to encourage this passion about Earth Science to the students. Therefore, I tend to plan dynamic classes and I encourage people to ask and participate so to enhance their observational skills and showing them that collaboration and teamwork is a beneficial habit that they should acquire.

 

As an instructor and project supervisor, I try to support the student by working closely with them in the field or in the laboratory. Also, I tend to ask them to behave as scientists and for such reason, I encourage them to think and write in a scientific style, so they get used to it for future assignments. In this role, I always provide positive feedback since I think it is the perfect opportunity for students to develop their own solid workflow that will be used for the rest of their career.


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