Get Your Students Hired
Lynn, if you can relate your experience with real world to concepts you are teaching, students can see relevance to their life.
Michele Deck
Karen, I'm glad you have found that variety is the key to getting and keeping learner attention.
Michele Deck
I am always using new things to teach materials or review materials weather it be flash cards, a fun essential question, competition to see how fast some one can position the other student etc.
I really enjoy the field I am in and certainly hope my enthusiasm shows. I believe that repetition is important and many times I can find a "story from the trenches" when I was working out in the physicians' offices myself. When there is a good story to go with it, I find my students REALLY having better recall of the concepts and doing better in class.
In my classroom the student come back everyday wanting to know what is going to be taught to them on that day because i use a lot of different teaching tools. i would love to be a student in my class for this reason. i have found that by using a variety of different teaching tools like hangman, jeopardy, and different handouts, the students stay engaged and are more likely to stay awake.
Jane, I say have a positive attitude yourself, it is up to each student to choose a good or a bad one. Model a good attitude, whether it annoys them or not.
Michele Deck
Negative attitudes from students are a challenge for me. Sometimes I question myself if being too upbeat and positive are more or less annoying to those types of students.
Jane, I agree that enthusiasm and positive emotion are contagious. So is negative attitudes which is why we should avoid them.
Michele Deck
Showing students your enthusiasm when teaching creates an atmosphere of positive energy. When students see an instructor being passionate about teaching they become passionate about learning.
Jill, it is the variety of instruction that helps facilitate real learning in class.
Michele Deck
We play quiz games the class before a test, watch videos, do crossword puzzles, etc. It's more than just flashcards!
I believe that I adapt each lesson plan based on feedback provided by students. I adjust the pace of the class with each milestone met. I try to incorporate as many teaching strategies and tools available to me.
Dr. Lindsay, it is good to reflect on your teaching plan before and after, knowing you are doing all you can for your students.
Michele Deck
I would like to be a learner in my class because I use a variety of learning styles to ensure all my students get engaged. That way I can make sure all of my students leave class with sometime of knowledge from that days lesson, whether they are auditory, visual or hands on learners.
Mohammed, creating many opportunties for review is an important part of lesson planning.
Michele Deck
I believe that the key to be successful in teaching and provide quality of education is to expend our knowledge not only on the subject matter but over all on all areas.
absalutly, connecting the materails with daily life and personal experience will help students better learning. Thats what i do in my classes.
That is very good idea.
I also in my medical terminol class ask my students to write terms with their defination like between 6 to ten time.and at the same times i review what i went over