By bridging the gab between the "real world" and the classroom you motivate them to take all of the lessons more seriously and they will retain the information knowing they will soon need to put it to use.
Jay:
This is a great idea. Providing students with information in the course’s curriculum on how, where, when and even whom they need to contact in the community to immediately apply what they have learned. The obvious place is their workplace. But there are students who may not be employed at the time or that they would like to apply the skills beyond the workplace environment, as a service to the community. Great post!
J Medina
One of the things I like most about our school is that all of the teacher's have been in the field that we are teaching. I know that is not always the case in many institutions. I believe it is very beneficial to the students to hear "real world" experiences during classroom discussions. I work very hard to make sure the students are receiving information through my own experiences that will help them once they graduate.
