Personal Introduction
Wang Jianbo, an associate professor and master supervisor of School of Mathematics, and is one of the online course teachers on Linear Algebra and Its Application in Tianjin University and the major participant in MOOC construction. His research direction is the geometric topology of complete intersection, circumferential group action on complete intersection, etc. He was awarded the first prize in the 11th Teaching Skills Competition for Young Scholars of Tianjin Universities, the second prize of Science Group in the first Teaching Ability Competition of Excellency 9 for Young Scholars, and was honored as advanced individual of "Young Faculty Pioneer" of Tianjin University in 2012. He has presided over and completes several funds such as the National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund and was selected to the Elite Scholar Program of Tianjin University.
He always prepares his courses carefully and adequately in details before each class. From his perspective, it is necessary to have a good and comprehensive understanding of the contents of lessons to prepare a wonderful class. Besides, he holds a view that the courses reciting before class is also very important for teachers to demonstrate well in class.
In Doctor Wang’s opinion, mathematics courses are relatively abstract, boring and difficult to understand, but abstract contents will be easy to understand by students through using simple words to illustrate. In the process of teaching, professors can summarize and analogize the teaching content combining popular vocabulary, hot topics, ancient poems, stories of celebrities, anecdotes of mathematicians and application of mathematics in our life with humorous words. As a teaching aid, courseware should be rigorous but attractive and vivid to make up for the dullness of mathematical explanation and blackboard writing. Students would be more impressed by the color difference, spatial layout, pictures, videos and audio in a courseware so as to pay their attention in class.
In a word, scholars should always think about mathematics learning from the perspective of students.
Love for teaching is the premise of teaching and educating people well. And the premise of loving teaching is interest. If there is no interest, there is no motivation to do it. Interest can become a hobby if it develops further, and the combination of interest and hobby can produce rich imagination.
Scientific research is one of the important duties for teachers. While doing well in class teaching and teaching research, professors need to track the frontier information of discipline development, grasp dynamic development of the discipline and engage in valuable scientific research. He always accustoms to bringing ideas, methods and progress of scientific research work into teaching field, integrating spirit of scientific research into educational concept, transforming scientific research methods into teaching means and enriching teaching contents with scientific research achievements so as to cultivate students' innovative thinking and creative ability.
Except parents, tutors are the most influential people in one's life. A lesson, or a sentence he has said, is likely to affect students' choice of career in the future, and even affect their whole life, which puts forward higher professional quality requirements for professors. As a scholar for teaching, should always keep a heart of sincerity in teaching.
