Dan Dao, IT Faculty
Office: Del Rio 122
Office: Del Rio 122
Office Ph:972-238-6066
dandao@dcccd.edu
dandao@dcccd.edu
Engineering, Business and Technology, mail box in Boham 101
Welcome
Before I begin with my teaching philosophy, I would like to define what is the IAP? For full time faculty at Richland College, DCCCD, the Individual Action Plan/Profile (IAP) is a collegial, trust and collaboration discussion between the Executive Dean and the faculty member. The IAP consists of three parts: the Student Survey of Instruction (SSI), Class Visitation Appraisal process and the actual IAP documentation. All three of these documents will be complete by end of spring 2013, found in the Resource link of this web page.
My Teaching Philosophy
As I begin these reflections about teaching, learning to learn, and develop learning power in these next few years. I am reminded of one of Mark Twain's quote, "Don't let schooling get in the way of education." I don't believe everyone needs an bachelor or association degrees; however, I do believe students need to complete at least a credit certificate with accountable skills, industry certifications, and find their comfort zone with higher education to meet the work force skills.
I think that the goal of educating in a community college students can only be achieved by presenting them with more than lectures, rote memorization tasks, and straightforward projects (i.e., traditional schooling). In other words, an educator must move beyond the traditional model of schooling to a point at which students can learn effectively. Hands on activities and integrating technologies with learning environment are vital in today's adult learning style. The caring and nurturing concepts, building sustainable professional relationships between my students is essential to their success. In the long run, students will need letters of recommendations for scholarships, employers or graduate schools. As students matriculate through admission, assessment, advising, registration, and make it to our classroom. This journey allows them to see the process how we engage them preparation for the workforce, that's preparation for the next step in their career. Student will mature and earn their certificates, certification and build their portfolio. Not to lose site of why they are attending college, that's to learn a skill. We need students to come to college with a plan of intent to complete.
As I begin these reflections about teaching, learning to learn, and develop learning power in these next few years. I am reminded of one of Mark Twain's quote, "Don't let schooling get in the way of education." I don't believe everyone needs an bachelor or association degrees; however, I do believe students need to complete at least a credit certificate with accountable skills, industry certifications, and find their comfort zone with higher education to meet the work force skills.
I think that the goal of educating in a community college students can only be achieved by presenting them with more than lectures, rote memorization tasks, and straightforward projects (i.e., traditional schooling). In other words, an educator must move beyond the traditional model of schooling to a point at which students can learn effectively. Hands on activities and integrating technologies with learning environment are vital in today's adult learning style. The caring and nurturing concepts, building sustainable professional relationships between my students is essential to their success. In the long run, students will need letters of recommendations for scholarships, employers or graduate schools. As students matriculate through admission, assessment, advising, registration, and make it to our classroom. This journey allows them to see the process how we engage them preparation for the workforce, that's preparation for the next step in their career. Student will mature and earn their certificates, certification and build their portfolio. Not to lose site of why they are attending college, that's to learn a skill. We need students to come to college with a plan of intent to complete.
When students come into COSC 1436 Programming Fundamental I courses they are but a few steps away from their professional careers. Although somewhat of a cliché, what is true for a business is also true for its employees, to succeed an individual must learn to be faster, smarter, more creative, and be able to learn from mistakes. How can we prepare students to succeed in this competitive environment? The answer is, at least in part, to move them out of their comfort zone by presenting them with realistic problems that have undefined boundaries and solutions and that require cooperation as well as competition. The goal of this is to help students to learn to be critical thinkers and effective problem solvers so that they can be effective competitors in their careers. Allowing students to voice and be heard, ask challenge questions, have a thorough understanding of the subject.
Since last spring 2012 semester, I invite students to come during my office hours and talk about the class or any thing about life. We set up a 20 minutes time, and I become an active listener.