Putu P.

I believe in the philosophy of teaching through understanding. Many students think biology is about memorizing. Compared to other branches of Sciences, I think Biology indeed has a lot of terms to memorize. However, when we can correlate the Biological terms with their functions or mechanisms, memorizing the terms will become automatic. Many biology materials need understanding, and when the students understand the topics, they do not need to remember the topics repeatedly. When students understand the topics, the students will be able to explain the topics using their own words and, of course, with the incorporation of biological terms. To achieve those goals, during my lesson usually, I will explain biological topics like storytelling. I will present the topics they need to learn and connect the biology topics with the real and current situation or their experience in daily life. For example, a short distance pathway is one factor that affects the rate of diffusion. I will explain to them that traveling from Jakarta (in Indonesia) to Tokyo (in Japan) will take a longer time than traveling from Jakarta (in Indonesia) to Bali (in Indonesia). Shorter distances make people can travel faster, the same as particles in diffusion. Therefore, a shorter distance can make the rate of diffusion become faster.

My student feedback shows that I make students fall in love with Biology right from my first lesson. My simple teaching through storytelling and understanding creates a eureka moment and makes learning easy as students like. I also try to build connections with students and make students comfortable giving their opinions during my lesson, answering questions, and sharing their difficulties for the lesson. I teach through excellent online tools and use beautiful slides, interactive digital whiteboards, videos, animations, biology games, and online lab simulations. I will ensure the students' understanding of the lesson by doing simple quizzes or worksheets or simply giving the students oral questions to test their knowledge. I am open to feedback from the students and ask about specific topics or materials if they need to focus on certain areas.