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Noyce Scholar Profile

Benjamin Johnson

Undergraduate major or graduate field of study: Mechanical Engineering

Subject area(s) and grade level teaching focus: Mathematics, grades 9-12

Category of scholarship/fellowship:
Fifth year or post-baccalaureate Noyce scholar

Name of Noyce institution:
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Current academic or teaching status:
Post-Baccalaureate

School and school district:
Mathematics Credential Student

Background:

My undergraduate and graduate work at California Polytechnic State, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO) was completed under the Mechanical Engineering major. During that time, I found my desires for engineering drawing me to a career in teaching mathematics. Currently, I am pursuing a credential at Cal Poly SLO with hopes of finishing in Spring 2012.

Why do you want to teach:

It has been my experience that those with a solid education have the greatest impact on shaping the world around them. My hope is that I can be a teacher who encourages others to pursue their dreams, as well as equip them with the knowledge and wisdom to attain them.

Describe a memorable teaching experience:

Since the spring of 2009, I have been employed as a tutor by a local company in San Luis Obispo. I have tutored many engineering courses, including heat transfer, dynamics, fluid mechanics, mechanical engineering design, and others. One of the most recent students who I tutored during spring quarter of 2011 was struggling in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. After tutoring him for a few hours, I realized that he thought very differently from me in how he approached problems and engineering concepts. As I tutored him, I learned how to communicate with him in an effective and encouraging way that allowed him to gain an appreciation for each subject and receive an A in both courses. Knowing that tutoring him has grown me as a teacher and has impacted his life in a positive way encourages and reminds me that I am making a difference, if only one student at a time.

What does the Noyce program mean to you:

This scholarship has provided the financial resources to pursue a career in teaching and has also given me a network of people to collaborate and grow with as we begin our careers. Thank you for making this possible.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Numbers DUE-2041597 and DUE-1548986. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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