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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Discipline in Critical Thinking

Diane, Personal discipline seems to be missing from any students. With the entitlement culture they want to be given an A in the course since they paid tuition. What they learn is not really important just the grade. That is not how the real world operates and the sooner they learn this the quicker the value of the course content will increase. They will start to see the value of what is being taught and how it can be applied in their problem solving growth. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Critical Thinker Characteristics

Diane, Well said. If this process can be ingrained into the minds of students then they will leave with major skills at being reflective critical thinkers as well as problem solvers. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Human Factor in Retention

Judy, Sometimes hard for them to accept but you are right. Once they know they can make mistakes if they learn from them they can then proceed with the learning process. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Human Factor in Retention

DEBORAH, Right you are and by knowing such you will be able to provide the needed support for success and career growth. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Judy, Adult learners often approach school with a number of fears. It is easy for them to walk away from school when they encounter one of these fears, such as not feeling like they have the student skills to be successful. So by following your three items of being kind, open to students and listening you will help them to get settled into the course and finding success. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Rodolfo, You have shared a number of good strategies for expanding your instructional abilities as well as to be more effective when dealing with students. Good job. I know these comments will be of help to other instructors. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Defining Instructional Professionalism

Michael, Thank you for this well written definition of professionalism for instructors. You have touched on the key elements of professionalism in a way the enables instructors to see the impact they have on the lives of their students and the future they will have in their respective fields. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Claudia, By offering variety in your instructional delivery you will be able to appeal to the different learning preferences of your students and will get them engaged as a result of your effort. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Student Feedback

DEBORAH, Feedback is extremely valuable for everyone. The students get feedback so they know where they are in the course and instructors get feedback on way to improve their instructional effectiveness. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

DEBORAH, Like your use of collaboration in your instructional efforts. Students will have to do this in the workplace so they need to learn how to work with others in diverse settings. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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