Philip Campbell

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Motivating Students

Jessica, Isn't that amazing when the students help to lead the class. Truly great experiences. Philip Campbell

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Highly Effective Instructors

Rachel, The first thing all teachers are taught is to be flexible. How can we get that across to people? Is there anything we can do from the onset of employment? Philip Campbell

Philip Campbell

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Motivating Students

Mark, Good point. The more examples we can give to students to connect with the more likely they are to internalize the information. Philip Campbell

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Important Soft Skills

Jeremy, How do we explain common sense to people. It may sound like common sense, but this sis also one of the first excuses we hear. "It should be common sense." So, how do we get that across to people? Philip Campbell

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Teaching Teamwork

Lisa, Interesting approach. What kind of guidelines do you institute prior to the debate? How do you review the soft skills after? Philip Campbell

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Important Soft Skills

Yamil, Do you do any listening or Active listening lessons/activities in the classroom? Any one have any ideas? Philip Campbell

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Highly Effective Instructors

Lou, Great points about enthusiasm. It is contagious and the more enthusiasm that we have on a daily basis the more students will have and the better the environment for the classroom. Philip Campbell

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Important Soft Skills

Karen, So, how do we run interference on these situations? A faculty lounge has long been the area of complaining. How do we change that culture? Philip Campbell

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Important Soft Skills

lisa, I wonder how easy it is to see "both sides"? We always say, "i can see it from both sides", but do we really? If we did we would probably never make a decision. Philip Campbell

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Jack , True. A soft skill that is hard to develop is intuition. Hard to develop and will get better with time. Philip Campbell