Gary Meers, Ed.D.

About me

I am an Education Advisor/Consultant for MaxKnowledge. I write courses that assist in the professional development of career college instructors. These courses range in content from the introductory level to advanced instructional development. I started my teaching career as an instructional technology teacher on the high school level, completed graduate school and then moved into higher education. I spent many years in the area of teacher training at the University of Nebraska. While at the University of Nebraska I stared working with career college instructors to improve their instructional delivery skills. As a result of these experiences I have been a consultant to career colleges throughout the United States and a number of foreign countries.

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Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Discipline in Critical Thinking

Kenneth, So many students do not want to invest in themselves and the development of self discipline to become a reflective thinker. If we can help them see how valuable this process is then they will have taken a major step forward in becoming critical thinkers. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Critical Thinking Skills

Kimberly, Your last sentence is something that we educators need to work with our students on. We need to help them see how to approach, analyze and the propose solutions without over thinking the problem to the point they become frozen which leads to know decision or solution at all. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Critical Thinker Characteristics

Kenneth, Thank your for these keen observations and comments as they contribute to the ongoing discussion in this area. It is important to bring a logical and common sense approach to the problem if one expects to be able to create possible solutions and then select the solution that is most appropriate. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructor REFOCUS

Edwin, Well said and a good reason to do an internal audit ever so often to make that the content is current and the delivery is fresh so the students will be excited about being in the course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Student Rapport

Soneka, So true. It is one of the main reasons we are in the business of teaching. We need to make connections with our students so we help them to see how important human interaction and support is no matter the setting might be. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Implementing Relevant Course Content

Tammy, Both of these elements go a long way in helping students to make applications of the content as well as see the relevancy of the examples being shared. Keep up this type of sharing and instructional interaction. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Your Expectations Clear

Tammy, Good way to get everyone on the same page and focused on what the course expectations are and what they need to do to meet those expectations. This reduces their anxiety and questions because they know what the course entails. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reasoning as a Resource

Frances, Big fan of the light bulb. You are right when it comes on the result is such a great feeling. This makes you feel that it is worth all of the time and effort that has been invested in preparing classes and working with students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Instruction Relevant

Bob, What are some ways you do this with your students? Thanks for you input on this. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Feeling Accepted Helps with Success

Judd, This is a good point because students that do not feel accepted will be much more likely to drop out if they don't feel valued by anyone. Having their learning leader's support goes a long way in helping them to stay engaged. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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