Lately I've been reading material on a certain subject.From technicians,& manufacture's.Problem being,Ask 10 people get 5 answers.So I test the procedures myself & use what I like best & have all the other possibilities to use as analogies & scenarios.
Acquire more and more knowledge and share with your students.Then only one tool i.e. practice practice and practice.
Mentoring is a great way to get teaching tools that are perhaps a little outside the box. One tool that is really effective from mentoring I have participated in is observing other instructors in the classroom. I have gained several new ideas from this practice.
I can keep current on everything going on in my related industry.
Try to gauge the students and their behavior. If I notice blank looks or stares, I need to employ another method of trying to get the information across
By continuing to attend faculty development meetings, I feel I am always refining my instructional style. It is an opportunity to meet with instructors from other colleges as well as from our school, and provides the chance to discuss what works (and what doesn't) in the classroom.
Let them know you are human. Tell some jokes to keep the mood upbeat. If they like your personality the classroom setting should more comfortable for everybody.
I have been observing a lot of other instructors at the school I work at and I am able to see how they instruct and the different methods that they use. For me being able to see different styles will help me define and enhance my own personal style and allow me to fuse the parts that I like and make it my own style.
One technique I can employ to further develop, refine and enhance my instructional style is to increase my technical competency in the subjects I teach.
By allowing the students in the class to try different learning methods and observing their enthusiasum and progress appears to be the way to pioneer new techniques. Is this a valid solution?
forceful may be too strong of a word. If you set the rules and guidelines at the begging of a course and be consistent and fair everytime. The students will expect that and respect you. If you ignore a problem once. It will get bigger
I should first attempt to identify my weaknesses and then find ways to improve them. Observation of other instructors during classroom and lab time would probably give me the best starting point.
Being prepared prior to the begining of class appears to be number 1. Also never think you have all of the answers, theres always something that can be learned or a new way of relaying the same information.
Personally, I need to be more forceful with my class control. Sometimes I allow students (adult) to get away with minor infractions just because I don't want to deal with it. Later I have to over correct because of it.
It really is satisfiying when a student comes up to you at graduation.And tells you that you made a differance it their life,that just makes all those bad days melt away!
My classes usually are made up of students with different learning styles, abilities and of different degrees of work experience in the field of automobile technology. My teaching practice consists of different methodes of explanation about a same topic.During each methode the whole class is involved.Each time a student picks up what he/she lost in the previous explanations.
Read into what the author is trying to say and look for ways to deiver what he trying to say.
I teach nursing, the didactic portion. It is extremely difficult to get to the critical thinking portion when there is so much knowledge on which it is based. I have started using case studies in the more advanced classes. However, the beginning classes don't have enough knowledge to start to think critically and how things will affect their clients.
1)encourage my students in more class
participation .
2)Perform more safe and useful demosntrations
related to the topic I am presenting.
not be so serious and lighten up some, and to give more At- a -Boy when someone does something good or great.
