Gary Meers, Ed.D.

About me

I am an Education Advisor/Consultant for MaxKnowledge. I write courses that assist in the professional development of career college instructors. These courses range in content from the introductory level to advanced instructional development. I started my teaching career as an instructional technology teacher on the high school level, completed graduate school and then moved into higher education. I spent many years in the area of teacher training at the University of Nebraska. While at the University of Nebraska I stared working with career college instructors to improve their instructional delivery skills. As a result of these experiences I have been a consultant to career colleges throughout the United States and a number of foreign countries.

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The Human Factor in Retention

Teri, By keeping the human factor in mind you will be able to provide support to and for your students will upholding the rigors of your field. This is what career preparation should be about and you are doing a great job with your students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructor Enthusiasm

Robert, Sounds like me. Like the way you use the talent you have. You are being yourself yet getting your message across and engaging your students. This is a win win for everyone. Keep up the good work. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Student Rapport

Nichelle, This is one of the learning tools that instructors can use. Respect needs to be earned by both the instructor and students and then rapport can follow which will result in enhanced learning. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Strategies for Keeping Students Engaged in Learning

Pam, Students really like stories and examples from the field as you have noticed. These stories help the students to make application to the content and their skill development. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Implementing Relevant Course Content

Hector, This approach helps students to make a connection between the course content and application. The question gets them to thinking as they settle into the course and prepare to learn that day. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using Reflective Thinking

Medhin, Right you are and when applied this way your students will have a wider base of experience from which to draw when they are in need of doing reflective thinking to solve problems. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Student Motivation Factors

James, Great plan for providing support to your students. The results I know are many and varied so you are able to reach your students in ways that will help them to move forward in their career development. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Motivators

Christina, Passion for your field and enthusiasm for teaching about it goes a long way in generating excitement in the minds of students and this helps them to focus on the content being shared and skills being developed. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructor REFOCUS

James, This is a good point in terms of relating to students. We need to continue seeing our instruction through the eyes of our students so we can target our instructional delivery more accurately. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Student Rapport

Christina, Good point. Respect and rapport are two essential elements needed for successful student interaction. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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