Betsy Crawford

The more human side of teaching was highlighted in this section. Just as a floor nurse, you set the stage for students to engage with each other and superiors. 

It is important to be intune with the needs of strudents but maintaine the role of instructor and leader. It is important to engage students and understand their unique backgrounds and what they have to offer. This chapter really motivated me to look inside myself and identify the obstacles I had to overcome and look at how I can motivate others to ensure intrinsic and extrinsic factors boost the student to be successful and not hinder them.

In all interactions with students, you should work to bridge the gap between instructor and student to gain rapport. It is important to prepare teaching pior to classes to deliver the best possible teaching experience to the students. The teacher must use different learning styles to appeal to students. The teacher must establish and maintain control of the classroom at all times. 

It is very important to remmber the names of students. I think this is great for everyone you work with as well. It is also great to motivate the students in the beginning and throughout the course. It is important to network and interact with professionals and student to student. As an instructor, it is also okay to share some of your hobbies with students to let them know you are human. And for the first class meeting, do not forget to go over the class sylllabus and course objectives.

Teachers are to model professionalism and be a role model  to students. The instructor needs to continue to grow and develop as a professional and individual while teaching others.