Get Your Students Hired
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Enhancing Students' Professional Skills --> Teaching Personal Interaction
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This reminded me how important it is to teach students not just what to say, but how to say it—and how to really listen. I’ll make more space in my classroom for group work, active listening practice, and helping students understand their own and others’ learning styles to build stronger, more collaborative teams.
Many students dislike teamwork. Perhaps they have had bad expereinces with group work in previous classes. The fact is that no matter the profession, teamwork is critical for success. As a teacher, it is imperative that group projects are woven in to each course. One way to do that is to create projects where each member must present their part and then the team must display their project as a whiole. This will decrease the complaint that some members did not participate.
As an instructor it is my job to promote teamwork. Teamwork assignments are graded on both team participation but also individual participation which ensures that all students are involved equally.
I think working in teams is very challenging in the classroom, and really requires some modeling for the students to observe first how to solve problems and hold eachother accountable. "Telling" students each of their roles doesn't teach them the necessity of figuring this out now because you'll use it at work too!
Differentiation is important in a classroom setting. Many students are successful when I meet them where they're at and acknowledge their abilities and needs.
Teamwork is a critical element in the business world; students should be given opportunities to work on team projects.
Having students work in teams but having an individual assessment can be one way of assuring more equal participation
My students do 70% of their work as groups of 3 or 4 and the other 30% is done on there own so they get the team feeling as well as independence.
Presentations and learning how to give and receive feedback are vital to building students confidence both personally and academically.
"The ability to interact effectively with others is crucial". This can be developed by use of class discussions & presentations, as well as working in groups. Discuss with students the 4 Basic learning styles in order to understand other people's learning style (visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic).
I encourage students to share their experiences as a group and allow them to offer solutions to any problem that arises during discussions. I also find it essential to acknowledge that each student learns differently.
I think for me, my take away from this module has been the importance of group projects in exposing students to dynamics of teamwork. I am going to change allowing students to always work with the same people in class. I am going to have them mix up the groups every time we do an activity that requires group interactions.
These are things that I focus on in my Business Communications course; I plan to touch on them in my other classes as well.
The importance of recognizing and accommodating different learning styles among students is an effective way to connect and communicate with students. I recommend explaining learning styles, identify learning styles, adapt instruction, and foster collaboration. Creating a more inclusive and effective learning environment where all students can reach their full potential.
Working in groups and producing a product or plan with others creates opportunities for students to practice important life skills.
I knew they're are multiple ways of learning, but didn't know they were broken down into 4 methods of learning: visual, auditory tactile and kinesthetic. I need to recognize these different methods of learning. but also inform my students of these as well. Hopefully, during the explanation of the Final Assessment project and importance of handling in assignments on time, I can stress to my students the value of learning this.
Working in a group or team setting teaches students how to communicate and work well in teams. This will enhance their skillsets to do so in a corporate setting in their career field. In the classroom divide the group work up into parts and as a whole and develop a grading system to hold not only the group but the group participants accountable. This also works on the student's soft skills.