ye you areright , also you ahve to have empathy in order for you to get theur attention
James, you bring forward a very critical point. Students are either ready to take on adult tendencies or they are not. As an instructor who has experienced over 5000 students over the years, I have seen 18 year old adults as well as 50 year old adolescents. Maturity is a mental maturity and not always related to chronological age.
Thanks for sharing and bringing forward this critical topic.
Regards,
James Jackson
Ive been involved with adult students for over 6 years. I truly believe that the methods offered here fit exactly into adult learning. I have also had the pleasure of 18 and 19 year old students as well and feel the same methods work just as well.
Great point Sheila. Leadership by example comes to mind when I read your statement. Members of the faculty are leaders of their institution regardless of their power to implement their ideas or strategies upon the administration. In the perception of the student body, members of the faculty represent the leadership and their actions and behaviors have a large impact on student behavior and overall retention.
Regards,
James Jackson
It is also important for instructors to model the behavior they wish to foster in their classroom in their daily encounters with other staff, faculty and students.
Diego, interesting word choice, "drama". Can you provide some examples of when students create the drama and the impact this has on the teaching and learning in the classroom? For some classrooms, the drama is needed in order to generate the necessary learning to take place while in other types of classroom settings, the same level of drama could distract from achieving the desired learning outcomes.
Regards,
James Jackson
Respect and trust are important to built up a learning environment for students; when the class room is free of drama, students have more energy to be used in their learning effort
Great point Leslie. Treating students the way you would want to be treated is always a good policy and demonstrates your respect towards them so they will show respect back to you.
The purpose of these discussions is to share insights and experiences as well as provide commentary on the subject matter. Can you share some information as to your experiences with building professional relationships with students in your classrooms?
Regards,
James
