
Relating the information you present to what the student may face in a real world situation is always key and it reiterates why we teach what we do. I love talking about things that I have been apart of in the field whether it is good or bad, as long as it helps my students retain the information, it is all good information.
I have been working in the medical field for many years, so I always keep my students attention as I am lecturing by including on the job experiences.
What a good idea. Also, you can bring up those disasters that happen to reinforce what not to do. Having interesting and funny stories to relate always makes the information stick better
I agree! as long as the topics are covered: have a good time. Bringing in comicial situations that appy to your topic that may have happened to you are great.
I will bring up a recent case at the clinic to help the students understand the importance of the topic of the day.
Jim
Agreed. We can all vouch that sitting in a room listening to someone talk for 2 hours can be rather boring.yiur students just be engaged in the lesson. Discussions are a must and a little appropriate humor here and there makes the learning experience fun and memorable.
This is an absolute must in my opinion... I teach a night course and sometimes it's very difficult to engage students after a long day... Just keep a healthy balance of learning time and fun time...