Candidate's Statement on Teaching - Lee College

Evaluation by Supplemental Instructor
Dr. Nunez has a way of making a subject as dull as microbiology an interesting class. He
relates the things you read in the book to things in the outside such as in discussing various
“diseases of the day” which many of the students (who are mostly going into the health care
field) can find applicable and relatable. He also brings a sense of humor into the classroom,
which is something many teachers fail to do. This gets the students not only to laugh but to feel
more comfortable participating in the discussions. Nunez also goes out of his way to be
approachable to his students. Both of these qualities are indispensible in the learning
environment because if students aren’t able to approach their teacher and don’t feel comfortable
asking questions then their learning processes can be hindered. Nunez gives his students all the
information they need to succeed and even points them in the correct direction to be successful in
microbiology by giving them the basics and trying to get them to put it all together and draw
conclusions, which is what science is supposed to be all about. He appeals to several types of
learners by presenting his lectures on slides (which are usually pretty visually stimulating) as
well as adding to the material auditorily; he pulls in the hands on learners both in lab and when
he breaks up the class into groups to do various things such as teaming up to debate the
characteristics of life in viruses.