Active Learning
I always like to incorporate different activities to engage the student in lesson. The most recent activity; understanding how to read an EOB, but rather than having them read a completed EOB, they had to complete the missing information. Student had to access the Medicare website and look up the fees and determine the insurance and patient portion and any adjustments to make. The goal here was to promote and apply different learning styles, engage students and encourage critical thinking. Also very important...setting clear expectations, 9 times out of 10 when you set good expectations, the results will be positive, which equals to zero disappointments.
Hi Kari,
What do you typically do with the play dough to generate active learning? I enjoy making models out of the play dough to demonstrate various concepts.
Patricia
Hi Richard,
I can certainly see the what ifs in this area. Students must know how to think quickly on their feet in this field.
Patricia
It is very important to use this type of thinking in a Culinary school. a student must take action immediately many times. What do you do if the oven is too hot. What happens when the oil is too hot. or the pan too hot. What if the customers change their mind. Critical thinking is the crux of cooking.
Hi Alicia,
Students tend to really enjoy courses that are hands on. Active learning keeps students engaged and wanting to come back every day for more. When a course is more lecture based, the instructor should come up with creative ways to make the course/lesson interactive.
Patricia
Most of our classes are active learning with the students doing the hands on with the techniques. Teaching some of the other classes that are mostly book and lecture, I've noticed that getting the students to perform movements that are listed in the books has helped the students remember muscle movements. Even learning the muscles having them show where certian muscles helps them remember them better.
Hi Keith,
I love it! Money is a super motivator. Students gain a different level of interest when money is talked about. I really like how you make your lessons applicable to industry.
Patricia
Tying a learning process to real insustry is an excellent idea. We have completed interactive classroom presentations and followed them with the actual lab operations. We have taken this a step further. When we completed the lab exercise, we will discuss what amount of clock hour time is attached to this procedure and then calculate, with student input, how much money this would have amounted to for the business as well as what would actually be paid to the technician. The Active Learning process is tyed directly to what any student can actually earn, based on industry standards and rates, once there training is completed. Not only does this satisfy the interest in why they are training, but shows them the direct benefit of being involved in the learning process as it is related directly to the earning potential. Money is a good motivator.
