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Model and guide...not point and click

I have found guiding students and making myself emotionally available by explaining what it was like for me to be a student helps them feel more comfortable and open up the classroom for discussion that is genuine and engaging. The days of instructors pointing to a student for whatever reason to make them a focus in the general classroom are as antiquated as "stand and deliver" methodologies for instruction. It is true that students "don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care."

I agree by letting the students know that you have been where they are and A. succeeded as they can and will as well,and B. understand their feelings and their struggles allows me to be a part of their "team" instead of an adversary.

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