Get Your Students Hired
During lectures faculy must recognizes the need to provide the material of discussion in many different ways to deliver the sole of the subject matter of discussion.
Minnie ,
this is great & I agree that helping the students understand the "why" of the class & the "big picture" connections are key to helping them be engaged & interested.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
I try to make my syllabus and lectures as simple as possible. I do not want my students to leave the class not having a clue why they had to attend class. Before the end of each class, I encourage questions and provide a brief overview of the objectives for the next class. This allows students the ability to review the text prior to class. I also use different methods to reach various learning styles.
Paul,
I think this is a great point. It demonstrates to our students the variety of reference sources out there, but also assures that we are being careful & discerning.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
I totally agree. It is also important to qualify the source material too. For example, if I reference wikipedia, then I will qualify the comment by saying something like "Remember, this info should be accurate but it is possible for a contributor to be misinformed on an issue."