-More than 25 years of teaching experience in many European, African and Asian countries.

-During the last 13 years at QU: I taught many UG and Graduate different courses, including BIOL241 Microbiology; BIOL310 Molecular and Cell Biology; BIOL442 Biotechnology; BIOL412 Genetic engineering and DNA Technology; BIOL524 genomics and bioengineering; BIOL608 Advanced Biotechnology; BIOL505 Graduate seminars; BIOL618 Special topics; BIOL602 Lab rotation; BIOL530 Graduate Research and Thesis; BIOL699 PhD thesis; HONS301 Honor program course; and others.

-Selected Professor teaching a Honor Prog. course Fall 2022

I am teaching interesting concepts to the students and teaching them how to study and implement them:

1- My courses are implementing Digitally Enriched, learner-centric, experiential, research-informed themes, as well as competence attributes.

2- I use different formative assessment methods, starting from diagnostic tests

3- I use comprehensive, mainly critical thinking, summative assessments including quizzes, exams, oral presentations, and assignments, and encourage student group work.

An example of an annual teaching evaluation during the last 4 years:

– Samir Jaoua: Outstanding Faculty member continuously:  

Recent Average Teaching appraisal scores :

2021:1 /1 _***** 2020:3.79 /4_***** 2019:  3.79 /4_***** 2018: 3.81 /4 

– Recent Student evaluation of Samir Jaoua in all courses taught:

Average [2018, 2019, 2020, 2021] : 3.9/ 4  :  > 97 %