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Mistakes

I am never afraid to make a mistake as an instructor because I am a human being. But the most important thing how I will behave infront of the students. It is always the best way accept the mistake.

Classroom Management

The instructor's main responsibility, How we will manage our classroom will be extremely important for our classroom environment and education that will be received by our students. It is grat impact that we have to look in to it.

Guest Speaker

I belive sometimes students can not understand the reality of their education when it comes to apply to real life. Any guest peaker will help them understand better and find out what other availabiliies they have when they go to field. It is a great motivation for our students.

Late Assignment

once we set out classroom environment we also set up rules and regulations. in order to be fair for all of our students we have to very carefull about late assignments. May be we need to understant first what happened to the student we might have to look into it and take as a individual case and evaluate it accordingly.

Stress reduction

I believe it is important to "self-prioritize", i.e. to make time for yourself to allow relaxation and stress reduction. I was recently saddled with a schedule that had me teaching a split shit at odd times throughout the day. At first i was chagrinned, but then I made the most of the downtime by scheduling a regular workout at the gym. It has been a great stress reducer.

Is "No Excuses" ever acceptable for late assignments?

I wonder if a zero tolerance policy for late work might work better than trying to penalize late students with a 20 percent loss of grade per day. While it seems harsh it is easy to be consistent and rewards those that perform on time.

The Focus is on the Grades

Today, I was talking to one of my nursing student. I noticed how smart this student was and how detail oriented. She was able to pick up on things that only an experienced nurse would know. I complimented her and told her she will be a good nurse. She commented, "only if my exam grades were ss good". How do you help a student understand that grades are important, but what is more important is being able apply what is learned?

Students and late assignments

I teach mainly adult learners. I get a majority of students turning in their assignments late and use the excuse that it's because of work. Any suggestions on what is the best way to handle this?

When a student has acedemic deficicency.

We know that students are coming to the school voluntarily to learn the course but when a student has acedemic deficiency how to handle this situation.

Common Teaching Mistakes

Do yourself a favor and avoid these common teaching traps 1- Aiming To Be Buddies With your Students 2- Being Too Easy On Discipline 3- Not Setting Up Proper Organization From The Start 4- Getting Involved In Campus Politics 5- Working Too Hard And Burning Out 6- Not Asking For Help

Dealing with Angry Students

1-Remain calm and speak in a controlled manner. 2-Try not to take it personally. 3-Acknowledge that the student is angry. 4- Tell the student that if they calm down it will be easier for you to help them Empathize with the student’s frustration, while explaining the University policy, rule or requirement. Empathic statement examples include, “I can see that you’re upset by this” or “This feels like it’s really important to you. 5- Let them know what you CAN do, not what you CAN’T do. 6-Recognize that, while for some students empathy will transform the situation, for others, nothing you say or do will get through to them. 7-If you feel like you can’t respond to the student’s needs, offer to arrange for them to meet with a supervisor. This may encourage them to “cool down” before addressing the issue again. 8-Afterward, be sure to debrief with a colleague or supervisor and attend to your stress and your needs

Help the Student Pay Attention

Ideas to Improve Motivation 1- exaggerating and/or changing your voice's inflection (pitch or tone) when presenting key information. 2- You can slightly increase and/or change the volume of your voice (speaking rate). 3- Use Preferential Seating 4- Create Low-Distraction Work Areas 5- Restrict Student Access to Electronic Devices and Other Potential Distracting Objects

Dealing with challeging students

I found the information in this section helpful.I am a new educator. I think that these ideas will help in my first teaching assignment. I have always been a driven learner even when a subject is covered that I am not interested in. I have found a way to make all course work is relevant. It is an eye opener, to find students sitting in your classroom that really do not want to be there. The first question I would normally ask is, why are they here then? I thought that students came to school because they had a goal in mind. I am finding that students may be coming back to school for differing reasons. It may be a job loss and retraining. It may be an injury in which the person needs to learn a new skill because the injury changed their abilities. This discussion has made me think about my teaching abilities and how I might change and or control the group especially for those that are not engaged for whatever reason.

Late Assignment

The late policy I enforce in my classes is 10% of the total grade deducted for each day the assignment is late. On the fourth late day the paper is not accepted and the student gets a zero for the assignment. What late policy do you use?

Building respect the first day?

What exercises or introduction could you do to earn more respect the first day of class?

Slowing down Student Cheating?

Should you implement an objective test to slow down on student cheating besides observation?

Dealing with unattentive students?

what ideas do you have about the student who knows everything youre already lecturing about?

Invovelment of Ice Breakers?

Should Ice Breakers always involve small groups?

openess to crtiical thinking

I believe one of the keys to successful classroom managemnt lies in the ability to broaden the existing subject. Soemtimes one can be fearful of where a discussion might go, but if we can stay on course then learning may occur when we least expect it

Rewarding Extra Effort

When a student goes the extra mile with, ie, research,creativity, or effort. I make an effort to engage the other students in his/ her achievement. By asking the student how he/ she achieved it, how long did it take or what did you gain by this action, it gives the other students an insight as to what they can do next time.