Chapter 5

Wang Hao didn't care what the students thought; he believed that high standards for students were necessary and consistent with his teaching style.

As long as the students listened attentively, everything else was negotiable.

If students didn't even listen in class, he could say they weren't his students, because they hadn't learned anything from him.

"The Gift of Teaching" was about providing feedback on students' correct understanding and thinking of knowledge.

At the very least, they should listen attentively.

If they couldn't even do that, how could they provide any feedback?

Therefore, the requirements for class must be strict, stricter, and even stricter. It would be best if every student listened attentively to every word.

Wang Hao's firm and powerful words not only intimidated the students in the classroom.

A group of people passing by downstairs also stopped.

Professor Xia Guobin was leading Su Yinxue and others on a campus tour when they heard the voice from upstairs.

Su Yinxue stopped and said with a smile, "This teacher is interesting!"

The others also laughed and commented, "I heard he's a new teacher?"

"Only substituting for a year?"

"Requiring attendance, listening attentively, and completing homework independently is normal!"

"New teachers are rarely this strict!"

Xia Guobin thought for a moment and said, "It must be Wang Hao."

"The Wang Hao from just now?" Su Yinxue asked with interest, "Why don't we go up and listen to the class? We can also experience the learning atmosphere of the university."

"That's a good idea."

The others were also very interested, and they quickly went up to the second floor.

Wang Hao had just finished his initial speech and was about to start the lesson when he saw a group of people enter through the back door.

He immediately recognized Su Yinxue as the woman he had seen in the administrative building.

At the same time, he felt puzzled.

It wasn't a trial lecture?

And they were auditing the class?

The students in the classroom also noticed and many turned to look.

Xia Guobin walked straight to the podium and whispered to Wang Hao, "They are the sponsors of the school's research project. They came to listen out of interest. Just continue your lesson normally."

Wang Hao nodded.

He was very confident in his teaching and didn't mind having auditors. More listeners could provide more feedback and understanding.

"The Gift of Teaching" wasn't just for students.

With over a decade of experience in teaching, he had seen it all. Having a dozen more people listen to the class, as long as they didn't disrupt the normal teaching, was no problem.

"In this class, we will learn a very important and famous mathematical method."

Wang Hao picked up the chalk and wrote an English word on the blackboard—

Fourier.

"The Fourier Transform, also known as the Fourier Transformation. The basic idea of the Fourier Transform is that 'any function can be expressed as a sum of sine functions'..."

"The idea is simple but profound. You all learned sine and cosine in high school..."

"Let's take a look."

"The sum of these two functions can represent any mathematical function..."

With his rich teaching experience, deep understanding of the subject, and several hours of careful preparation, Wang Hao quickly entered his teaching state.

The prompt that followed made him pause for a moment.

[Task 2: Inspiration +1.]

[Teaching Coin +1.]

"During the lecture, many new ideas were generated. It really does increase inspiration!"

"Right!"

"Teaching Coins seem to increase the probability of gaining inspiration!"

Taking advantage of the time for students to digest and think, Wang Hao immediately used the Teaching Coin.

[Consume Teaching Coin, select Task 2.]

The lecture continued!

Wang Hao's thoughts didn't affect his teaching. He turned off the system prompts and fully immersed himself in the lesson, occasionally calling on students to answer questions.

The class proceeded with continuous explanations and interactions with students.

Through the foundational explanations and question-and-answer sessions, he gradually unfolded the analysis of the Fourier Transform, making it easier for students to understand.

Most of the people in the back row regretted coming to the class.

Because they couldn't understand.

Although it was an undergraduate-level course, it was a specialized math course, and most of them lacked the necessary background. Even those who had studied it had long forgotten it.

But a few could understand and even found it interesting.

"The Gift of Teaching" had a 20% increase in understanding, and the effect was evident.

Although it was only a 20% increase, combined with Wang Hao's preparation and rich teaching methods, anyone with a basic foundation could understand. Those with a bit of background felt they could completely follow the teaching.

Su Yinxue was one of them.

She was a graduate of Yale University, majoring in business management, which required some calculus knowledge.

Wang Hao's explanations were very detailed, and she could mostly understand them.

Xia Guobin listened the most attentively.

The Fourier Transform was a basic mathematical method, and he wasn't listening for the content but for the pacing and the detailed breakdown of the knowledge during the lecture.

For undergraduate courses, explaining the Fourier Transform usually involved going from definition to analysis, and then to the fields it covers and its expression forms. It could be simply understood as repeating the content in the textbook.

Wang Hao's explanation was different.

He started from his personal understanding, breaking down the knowledge very finely, gradually deepening the content, and guiding the students step by step.

The entire explanation process was completely different from the textbook.

Additionally, Xia Guobin noticed that Wang Hao wasn't nervous at all, even with so many people auditing the class, including him, an old professor. This was already very impressive.

"Let's put that aside for now..."

"His understanding of the Fourier Transform is very deep, and his teaching skills are almost on par with those of veteran professors with decades of experience."

Xia Guobin was very surprised.

Most young lecturers in universities focused on research and writing papers, and teaching was just an additional job. Being able to explain without reading from the book was enough.

Wang Hao was a young Ph.D. with a deep understanding of mathematics, which was normal, but without the corresponding teaching experience, how could he teach so well?

"Does he have a natural talent for teaching?"

"What a pity..."

Xia Guobin couldn't help but feel regretful, "Teaching ability is not valued."

...

Wang Hao continued to immerse himself in the lesson.

He was very confident in his teaching ability. With over a decade of experience in middle and high school education, teaching based on fixed content was not a problem.

Middle school education and university education were different.

University professors rarely focused on how to teach. Some lecturers simply read from the textbook, almost like intelligent robots.

This was mainly because the pressure on university professors had little to do with teaching.

Middle school teachers were different.

The standard for evaluating middle school teachers was directly based on students' exam scores.

Middle school teachers devoted their energy to teaching methods and guiding students. Some spent time specifically guiding a single student to improve their scores and not affect the overall class performance.

Wang Hao had over a decade of teaching experience and a deep understanding of the subject.

Teaching was not a problem.

"The Gift of Teaching" also helped him generate new ideas and directions, and deeper understandings would pop into his mind, making his understanding of the content even deeper.

He was fully immersed in the lesson, as if he were participating in a very interesting activity.

His explanations were engaging and vivid.

The students were also very active.

As the class continued, the students' evaluations of Wang Hao changed.

Although his initial requirements were strict, the young lecturer on the podium was indeed very skilled.

Of course, there were still some students who didn't listen. A student with a side part in the back row couldn't resist the urge to sleep and simply laid his head on the desk.

Wang Hao noticed immediately.

After explaining a key point and giving the students a practice problem, he walked to the side of the student with the side part, patted his shoulder a few times, and loudly said, "This student, wake up!"

"Someone is calling you, it's time to go home for dinner!"

"Ha ha ha~~"

Laughter erupted around them.

The student with the side part immediately lifted his head, looked around, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

Wang Hao smiled and asked, "What's your name?"

"Zhao... Zhao Dahuo."

"Zhao Dahuo, right? This is the first class, so I won't deduct points." Wang Hao pointed to a corner in the first row, "Go stand there and listen."

"If you can fall asleep standing, then sleep."

Zhao Dahuo had just woken up and was still groggy. "Standing punishment? Really, Mr. Wang, I'm in college, not middle school!"

"What's the problem? Is there a rule against it?"

"It's not that you can't use corporal punishment..."

"I'm not using corporal punishment," Wang Hao said innocently, "I'm just asking you to stand. You have the right to refuse. I follow the rules and won't force students to do anything."

Although he didn't say the consequences of refusal, everyone knew what they would be.

Failing the course!

Zhao Dahuo looked around again, hesitated for a long time, and saw that the group of auditors was just smiling.

He had no choice but to go over with a sullen face.

A standing student appeared in the corner of the first row.

The effect was significant!

The rest of the class went smoothly. Even students who didn't listen at all mostly sat up straight, pretending to listen.

The atmosphere in the classroom changed.

For students who didn't want to listen, the experience was completely different.

They had to pretend to listen attentively, fearing that the teacher on the podium would look over or suddenly call on them to answer a question.

They felt like they were back in middle school, reliving the pain of being dominated by teachers.