What is your mission? 

My passion is to encourage people to understand themselves and things around them. That can be academic knowledge or beyond the classroom. It gives me genuine joy to be a part of students' growth process as a mentor and tutor!

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

I work with the students to create connections between personal values and university. For me, education combines knowledge and passion - so I facilitate learning with kindness, warmth and (hopefully!) some fun. I care about the well-being of students, so they can feel comfortable to express thoughts and emotions in class.

What is your mission? 

The possibility to get educated is amazing, but is only useful when you truly learn something, in terms of both educational and personal development. My mission is to support students in finding their passion and contribute to them accomplishing their goals in an engaging, enthusing way – even with unpopular topics.

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

I aim to be approachable and helpful, creating a safe learning environment. Additionally, since I expect students to put in the effort, they can expect the same from me. I believe fairness and  enthusiasm (and moderate funniness) ensures motivated students, even if the topic is (debatably) not the most attractive.

What is your mission? 

My mission is to create a fruitful, inspiring and supportive learning environment. Where students feel safe to share their thoughts and feelings, and where I can guide them to discover and develop their full potential. All while I continuously grow and learn as a young academic professional and educator.

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

I approach this by tailoring my classes to the needs of the group and giving each student autonomy over their own learning process. I believe in demonstrating empathy and understanding, but also sharing my own vulnerability when needed. Furthermore, I aim to enthuse students with my passion for the field.

What is your mission? 

My mission as a teacher is twofold. First, I aim to nurture curiosity about and excitement for psychological science in my students. Second, I also aim to facilitate the development of skills that extend beyond the classroom, including critical thinking, collaboration, giving and receiving constructive criticism, and communicating knowledge.

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

I particularly enjoy using collaborative, case-based approaches in the classroom, so that students acquire a deeper understanding of the principles and procedures of clinical and research activities. For example, alternating between disclosing case information and fostering discussion, which allows students to learn to develop, test, and evaluate differential diagnostic hypotheses.

What is your mission? 

My mission is to inspire students with solid scientific theories and empirical findings about personality that are practically useful.

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

I try as much as possible to create a community feeling in class, in which students feel welcome to approach me and share their questions, insights, and ideas with me.

What is your mission? 

My goals are not only to share and illustrate knowledge but also involve them into thinking how such knowledge can be optimally used to help find practical solutions to urgent personal and societal issues, such as loneliness, mental challenges, and more generally how to make the world a better place.

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

I use powerpoints with videos and share knowledge clips that help address personal issues such as health benefits of social contact (Vitamin S) and societal issues such as insights to promote climate-friendly behavior. I prepare thoughtful narratives, from newcomers in Amsterdam to Taylor Swift, to connect to the students’ worlds.

What is your mission? 

For me, the ultimate goal of education is to open new doors for students so that they can explore new perspectives, add new meanings to their worlds, and ultimately develop a shared language to have (professional) dialogues with others. Sharing my knowledge empowers the students.

How do you approach this within the educational environment?

I try to make dialogue and meta-language central in all my classes: (scientific) knowledge is a tool to think with. My expertise and knowledge is equal to theirs. Ideally, we are all teaching and learning. We co-construct understanding by having a conversation together.