教学与科普 - 多样化结构实验室

前沿科研成果如何走进大众视野，让没有专业背景的人也能理解和看懂，是我们一直追求的目标。欢迎查阅我们的B站：

多样化结构实验室VSL：https://space.bilibili.com/2040235889

我们在Nature Career专栏刊登关于vlog运营的文章：https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02935-x

胡老师对教学的一点感悟：

Teaching is my passion. I chose to pursue a career in academia because I enjoy making a life-long impact on the lives of students. I love the quote by William Arthur Ward that states: “ The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires .” My favorite moment in teaching is when former students came to my office and acknowledged my support and inspiration after the completion of the course. Those moments always remind me that the top priority of being a teacher and an educator is helping students succeed.

My teaching philosophy develops collectively as my career moves on and my professional identity grows. Throughout my graduate studies and postdoctoral experience, I have built a strong teaching record with a variety of roles, including teaching assistant, guest lecturer, and mentor. In this process, I have benefited from observing the professors that I’ve had who embraced the teacher-scholar model, which involves students in project-based research while learning in their courses. They promote state-of-the-art developments in the field, incorporated advanced knowledge into their teaching activities, and eventually help students gain better insights by participating in research. Thus, I am also interested in pursuing my career with a holistic teaching-scholarship approach.

Now, as a faculty member at South China University of Technology, my goal of teaching future generation engineers is to improve both their technical and professional skills through coursework and co-curriculum projects. I will promote interdisciplinary knowledge and encourage teamwork. My teaching method emphasizes: (1) the presence of “the big picture”; (2) the quality of teacher-student interaction; and (3) the efficiency of examinations. I will keep demonstrating such beliefs and goals in my teaching and mentoring journey as an instructor at SCUT.