Get Your Students Hired
I need to stay focused on my students throughout the class. They need me to stay engaged and keep a pulse on how they are doing. I also need to be ready to realize that we may all need some variety and reorganization midway through the class to remain engaged.
Keeping students engaged was the emphasis of this section. Different methods such as scenario building, crisis simulation, discussion questions are suggested.
This module emphasizes the importance of using personal experiences to engage students, maintaining enthusiasm to motivate them, and incorporating creativity and self-reflection to make lessons more interesting.
Students need to find the course, material and instruction of content engaging on a consistent basis. They will get bored if things are always the same. A great way is to keep them on their toes with different forms of activities and different types of challenges to their knowledge base, investigative and problem solving skills to contribute to their ability to learn as well as their peers.
REFOCUS will be a great tool for keeping students and myself engaged and excited about the material and the learning process. Mid term slumps can sometimes be challenging to both student and instructor. Building a rapport and sharing personal experiences encouraging participation in a mid term review will help keep everyone engaged and give positive feedback to the students.
This section emphasizes the value in rapport with students and the impact it has on learning.
Take the pulse of class mid term. Have them evaluate what they have learned. Tell a story to keep them engaged.
learning to keep the students engaged and and focused takes multiple teaching technique such as story telling or a well planned case study or environmental issue. Adult learners can focus for about 15 good minutes of learned knowledge before they need to change it up. Being well prepared will help retain students.
Learning is most effective when students engage both their minds and bodies. Using cognitive and tactile activities together helps students develop a "working memory" of the material, significantly increasing retention. To help students remember content, it's crucial to connect it to real-world applications and illustrate its relevance to their lives. Hands-on activities, group projects, and case studies allow them to apply what they've learned, reducing the anxiety of memorizing large amounts of information. Building rapport by creating a trusting and supportive learning environment where students feel comfortable participating is also essential. This means being approachable, open to questions, and genuinely concerned about their success. Encouraging interaction through discussions, while ensuring everyone feels included, helps clarify content and address individual needs. It's important to remember that as instructors, our enthusiasm and attitude directly impact student motivation. Staying energized, recognizing achievements, and continuously evaluating progress – both ours and our students' – are key to successful learning. Variety is crucial, and incorporating surprise elements like storytelling or simulated crisis scenarios can keep students engaged and excited about learning.
I have learned to add variety in the learning process. Adults attention span is anywhere between 10-15 minutes. With this information I have a better understanding on how I can develop my lectures less mondain and bring my students attention closer to what they are needing to learn.
Is very important to be clear off all the things that bother from the outside, so you can concentrate and don’t bring your problems to the class and focus on the target to reach your goal to motivate your class
Building rapport with students will help students become more involved in the learning process. We can use verbal and non-verbal strategies to do this and in that way get students to trust us and take ownership of the learning goals of the course. I must review my attitude throughout the course because the level of energy with which I present myself is transmitted to my students. After the middle of the course, I must “REFOCUS” with the strategies learned.
I have learned that it is important to keep my students engaged in the lesson. Instead of having the same people answer every time, I will have to ask for someone who hasn't had a chance to participate to either answer a question or help me to solve a problem. It is also good to surprise my students with a story or switching up the flow of class a bit just to keep them engaged.
Using story telling as a teaching method can be excessive. Make sure the stories are concise and relevant to the point being made. Also, instructors are just like students in that they can burn out. It is important to reevaluate and adapt in regards to lesson plans and teaching methods.
Engaging with and developing a rapport with your students allows for mutual respect and growth as students and instructors.
This topic shows that is not only the students that need to be excited about the course but also the instructor. If you are not excited and enthused about the course, then neither will the students. As the leader of the class, you have to strive to keep your dedication and quality of teaching at the highest level throughout the course.