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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Defining Intelligence

Mike, Like the term you have coined. It makes perfect sense and gives your students an clear picture of what they need to work on developing if they are going to be successful in culinary arts. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reasoning as a Resource

Mike, Right you are. This is how problem solving skill development occurs. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Student Motivation Factors

Richard, This is a powerful motivator for most students. They start to see the value of the course content in relation to their career goals. The helps them to remain forward focused and dedicated to their career development. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Valuing Student Opinions

Richard, Reinforcement like this can do a lot to build the confidence of students. Recognition of success goes a long way in the development of rapport with students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Defining Intelligence

Leigh, This is a message that students need to get. Their career success in most cases depends on their drive and effort in addition to being technically sound, meaning have the basics down. From there they can be creative and problem solve in relation to guests and build their reputation as well as career on their growing success. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reasoning as a Resource

Mark, Your last sentence says a lot about the challenges many of us face with your students today. What appears to be common sense to us may not even be close to what certain students might perceive as the most logical way to approach a problem. The lack of life experiences other than those associated with electronic games may have a lot to do with this. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Critical Thinker Characteristics

Mike, You make a very good point about how critical thinkers approach situations. This follows the idea of the more you know the more choices you have in terms of selecting a viable solution to a problem. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Students as Class Members

Richard, I use games a lot in my classes for many of the same reasons that you use them. They really get the students involved and they make reviewing for quizzes much more fun. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Richard, This make as you say a good reference source for you later on in the course when you are working with the students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Motivating Learners

Hugo, You have made a number of excellent points in relation to instructor engagement and passion for one's field. Without these two elements it is hard to convey the content in an enthusiastic manner that will keep the focus of students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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