I believe that math concepts, like any other concept, are learned through assimilation and accommodation. I see my role as someone who is a part of an environment conducive to learning, in which the learner goes from an old equilibrium (previous way of understanding) to a new equilibrium (new way of understanding). My teaching philosophy has evolved throughout the years of teaching as I acquired experience, and as I read and researched different schools of thought on teaching mathematics. I have taught all the courses the math department at our college offers. I feel very comfortable in a math class, and I love to lead a group discussion (not a lecture) on a concept, and see how the concept is being conveyed to students. I really believe in what Einstein once said: “If you cannot explain it to your grandmother, then you don’t understand it.” Of course, he assumed the grandmother was not a physicist!