The key thing here is variety. Also preparation again helps the instructor and keeping a guide to your instructional notes keeps you from forgetting what to cover.
I need to mix up the delivery and always allow for a short time in the begining of class to feel the room vibes so to speak
Be unique in how you coordinate your class lecture
you want your class to be ingaged and be able to retain
the information you are giving.
include various teaching styles and methods to help deveope learning skills
be sensitive to reach as many students as possible,using various learning processes.
Be sure to use as many ways that students learn as possible. Keep your lectures to 10 - 15 minutes before asking students questions, giving a scenario for them to solve, or using video or another method that will keep them engaged.
Vary teaching methods throughout classtime and keep instruction/demonstrations to 10-15 minutes to allow maximum retention of materials covered.
In organizing your lecture notes you will need a method that cues you to the content you want to cover, points and examples you wish to highlight, and activities you want to do with your students.
There are obviously a wide variety of delivery styles. Choose the one that suits you and your subject matter best. It must also capture the attention and interest of the student.
When doing a demonstration, allow students to practice right away. Make sure that all students are able to see your demonstration.
This module taught me that the attention span of most individuals is only about 15-18 minute range and people typically on remember 25% of what they hear! As an instructor, our job is to meet all of the learning needs of the students, while constantly measuring the effectiveness of my instruction.
The various teachings styles and observing the needs of each student
Take notes on how you can improve. If you see areas you may notice students are not grasping, it could be an opportunity for you to clarify your teaching,
learned about the usefullness of "mini-lectures" less than 20min to keep attention span
try to keep instrctuons under 7 items, as humans just have trouble with more than this
well prepped lecture/demos will be practiced a bit beforehand to get a good feel for it/make sure it works
informal start to lectures allows you to get a feel for the group that day
Make sure each learning style is demonstrated.
I learnt the importance of flexing your instruction to accomodate the different learning styles.
It's important to use different types of teaching strategies to keep students interested
It is important to vary your teaching style to not only keep students interested, but also to teach to the different learning styles.
Try to incorporate different styles of teaching as keeping it to just one will make it more difficult for students to keep paying attention.
Different delivery methods will be interesting to me, too! It would be good to find a blog or something that lists ideas for how to deliver anatomy lectures in a variety of different ways.
