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From My Perspective

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Appreciation for Diversity and Use of Technology in a Student-Centered Classroom

The key to successful teaching is appreciation for diversity and use of technology in a student-centred classroom.

I am fortunate to have a diverse teaching (and learning) experience in multiple dimesions: teaching courses in multiple disciplines in multiple continents to diverse student bodies; diverse in their academic preparation, learning style, lifestyle, age, culture, and ethnic background. Appreciation for diversity is a big bonus that I have earned during my teaching and overall professional experience. This appreciation is also an asset (in this information age in which the whole world is really a global village) that I use to continually improve my perfprmance in teaching and other professions.

This appreciation for diversity shapes my teaching style, which promotes student-centred classroom, eventhough it's led by me. The main goal her is to enable the students to realizetheir full potentia in the course and thereby in achieving their career goals. I have learned through experience that students learn the most in a student centered environment. I create and maintain this environment by invoking students' interest in the subject matter, encouraging them to ask questions, posing  open questions to the class, and getting students involved in the process.

With a comprehensive technology background, I use the technology to facilitate high quality teaching for high quality learning in an optimal fashion.

---Paul Sanghera
 

Teaching

Dr. Sanghera has a cross disciplinary, cross continental diverse experience in teaching. He has taught a wide spectrum of courses to to students ranging from high school to university, to adult learners. He has taught both in public and private sectors. Dr. Sanghera is capable of teaching courses in physics, chemistry, math, computer science, biology, chemistry, biotechnology, and project management.

Academic Teaching
     
    sjsu Lecturer.
    		Courses: 
    TCP/IP Networking. Data structures and algorithms. Computer architecture.
    Server Side Web Programming. Java, Java Servlets, XML, HTML, JDBC, MySQL.
    Windows Programming Using C++.
    Introduction to Unix/Linux. (San Jose State Professional Development Center). 
    CSU Heyward Lecturer Web Site Development. Used J2EE Technology. Java, Java Servlets, JDBC, SQL, XML, and HTML.
    Carleton
    Ottawa, Canada.    		 Teaching Assistant. Undergraduate physics courses. Offered lecture-like physics problem sessions to a class of about 60 students. Tutor in an undergraduate physics lab. Graded homeworks and tests.
    Simon Fraser University
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    Burnaby, B.C., Canada.    		 Teaching Assistant Undergraduate Physics and Math courses. Teaching Assistant. Trigonometry. Calculus. Mathematics for Biologists.  Lab: Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers. Presented Lecture like tutorials. 

    Government College, Rampur,

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    HPU, Shimla, India.

    		 Lecturer Undergraduate Physics courses.
Vocational Teaching and Corporate Training
     
    GoldenGate Instructor Course: Developing Distributed Systems using Java, Corba, and Oracle.
    San Jose Professional Development Center Instructor Course: Linux
    Brooks College
    		 Instructor
    		 Fundamentals of Networking, Network+.
    Unix/Linux Admin, Linux+, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Security+.
    mp3 Trainer Corporate training in project management.
    mp3 Trainer Corporate training courses in Perl, HTML, and XML.
Course Design and Development.
 Designed and developed the following courses based on the university/department requirements:
  • San Jose State University. TCP/IP Networking, Windows Programming in C++, and Server Side Programming using Java Technology.
  • Brooks College, Sunnyvale. Participated in designing and developing courses for Associate degree in network technology: Network Fundamentals,  Linux/Unix, Unix System Admin, Network Security. Also participated in designing a curriculum for a Network Security program proposed for Brooks College.
  • Carnegi Mellon, SJSU. Introduction to Computer Programming in Java. For High School juniors attending Robotics camp organized by Carnegi Mellon and SJSU at NASA/Ames Research Center.
  • CSU Hayward. Web Development using J2EE Technology.
  • Golden Gate University. Building Distributed Systems.
  • MP3.com. Training courses in Perl, HTML, and XML.
  • Government College Rampur. Modern Physics. Optics.
 Supervision/Mentoring
  • In the supervisory committee of a couple of students at SJSU. Mentored a number of students.
  • Supervised four graduate students, and one fellow postdoc in data reconstruction software project on the CLEO experiment  at Cornell University.
  • Guided three graduate students in physics analyses and on their thesis topics at the CLEO experiment at Cornell University. 

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