Hi Rejandra,
At times you do have to deviate from the book and put concepts in your own terms to get students to understand. I rarely teach verbatim from the book. I've learned her to put things in plain language to students. Continue trying to think out of the book.
Patricia
Hi Eric,
Studens love it when you can share practical experience. It is always good to get students thinking about the big picture (graduation). Keep striving to motivate and encourage your students.
Patricia
Hi Roy,
What a good way to show everyone they know something about the subject matter. This idea eases a lot of pressure, and I am sure make students feel more comfortable. Continue to make your students feel at ease.
Patricia
trying to think out of the book and providing new was of teching works to get students intrested
I find that giving them real life examples of how my course is relevant to their future work or future business.
I also like to ask them what they plan on doing after graduating and try to relate that to my course.
In my physics courses, on the first day I ask my students: "What do you know about physics?". Most of them indicate they know little or nothing about physics. Then I point out examples to show them that they all know something about physics just from events in their everyday lives.
Hi Phillip,
You sound like you are doing the right things to get your students interested and involved. Keep it up.
Patricia
I guess I have never really thought about it; but what I have been doing is simply explaining the syllabus, the course requirements and my expectations.
I realize now that showing relativety and inspiring students to want to know what you have to teach them would probably help get things off to a good start.
Hi Rick,
Enthusiasm begins with the insructor for the classroom setting. Enthusiasm is also a trickle down effect. When you are excited about the course, students can tell, and they become excited. Keep being enthusiastic! Enthusiasm is such a positive charateristic.
Patricia
Hi Michael,
Normally, explaining things in a way that are more realistic, students generally get the concept, and they are more interested in practical situations.
Patricia
With my particular class we run a different program every week for 6 weeks. Which i find helps out tremendously when trying to keep the excitement going. It also makes it easy to get the students to understand the course and its requirements. But i think what helps the most is i truely enjoy teaching them something i have a real passion for. They can see the excitement and my energy in the classroom and feed on it themselves.
Alot of info they receive may be hard for them to relate to the auto field and therefore they do not pay attention to it,if you can give them examples of how it is used on a customers car you then gain there attention.
Hi Gabriel,
What a neat way to get students interested and involved in culinary school. I like the thoughts that are planted in the students' minds.
Patricia
At my culinary school, a libary research assignment is given to each class, kitchen or classroom.
I show up on the second day of Basic Skills, which is the first class in the curicullum. I introduce the library component by asking the class what they think a culinary professional is. After some discussion, I leave them with the thought that a professional is expected to know some history of their craft, indentify current trends, and anticipate future directions.
I then pass out a simple worksheet that introduces the basics of online database searching, hoping that I've persuaded some of the value of staying current witht their profession.
Hello Michael,
Why do you feel as though this is important information to the students?
Patricia
Hi Michael,
Students love it whenever the instructor incorporates real life experiences.
Patricia
Validating the content of the course to the daily operations of the field is important so that the student feel it is important info.
In a career school, discribing the real world work enviroment and realistic expectations is important.Giving examples of how the course content directly relates to day to day life in the field keeps them intrested.
Hi Stan,
Anytime you mention $$$$ students get really excited and interested. Continue to keep the excitement and interest going.
Patricia
As an automotive instructor, I teach a course on service writing. I relate the course material to the student's ability to make money in the industry. As an example, when I teach them to write a repair order, I relate how the technician needs to document repair information or it may effect the hours the tech spent on the job. These hours represent dollars in their paycheck, as they may be paid by the job hours, not clock hours. This correlation usually strikes a nerve...their future wallet.
