PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College Professor Steven Snyder will talk about “An Exchange Professor’s Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in China” at the college’s Studium Generale program Thursday.
The presentation will begin at 12:35 p.m. in the Little Theater at the college campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Snyder traveled to Guilin University of Electronic Technology in southeastern China during the 2012 fall quarter as Peninsula College’s exchange professor.
There, he taught at the Foreign Language Experimental School attached to the university, which is in Guilin, Guangxi, China.
It wasn’t his first time teaching in China.
His “travels to China have greatly enriched my life beyond expectations,” Snyder said.
He said that exchanges “provide a platform to promote, embrace, and encourage cultural diversity,” and that professors who travel to Guilin take with them their own expertise and cultural viewpoints, and they are encouraged to use a teaching style that they feel is effective.
“My own teaching style included the use of interrogative question-and-answer development — who, what, where, when, why and wow — to promote oral dialogue in the classroom,” Snyder said.
Snyder joined Peninsula College in September 1977 and teaches information technology and business classes.
He earned his bachelor’s in business administration at Central Washington University and his MBA from City University.
He was awarded his certified public accountant certificate by the state of Washington in 1975 and is a member of both the Washington State Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs, and has earned a certified information technology professional designation from the latter.
Snyder is a member of the Nor’wester Rotary club in Port Angeles, where he serves on the education and scholarship committee, as well as the Hurricane Ridge Ski Patrol and National Ski Patrol.
