Teaching Professional Skill | Origin: ED205
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Enhancing Students' Professional Skills --> Teaching Professional Skill
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I learned that every teacher needs to have confidence, not only in themselves but in their students and their colleagues as well. A confident person inspires others to be confident, and a teacher’s confidence can help influence others to be better people.
Everyone at one point or another has encountered critical swift thinking in their life, or in their profession, soft skills, or practial skills, it is very important in most profession to know how to trouble shoot effectively, sports, medical, legal, child rearing, instructual setting, ect.
Encouraging students to ask good questions is important in developing critical thinking skills.
Critical thinking sets a student up for success in class and lifetime experiences.
Critical thinking is used in the classroom and everyday living. Encouraging students to brainstorm during class. Helps to build their skills and motivation. Enhancings their critical thinking skills for everyday use.
Critical thinking is extremely important for working in the field.
It takes facing actualy dilemas and life situations to practice making judgments. The goal is for students to become autonomous learners w/inquisitive minds.
Soft skills can actually be fostered and taught. Teachers and instructors can guide, but gradually put the responsibility of their students. Brainstorming and collaborating are building blocks to beginning to instill soft skills in students.
Creativity will help encourage critital thinking on the students.
It's an art to teach student how to ask questions and have them develop critical thinking skills.
Soft skills and hard skills are required to build practical skills for the work place.
critical thinking builds on as students experiences and longevity
group skills are important for students to learn interpersonal skills and learning styles
students can learn through thier instructors at all levels
students learn from engaging in activities
engaging students encourages learning
I will use group activities more often to help the students to be crative and critical thinkers together. working side by side to produce answers to problems.
It is essential to allow the student ample time to think and brainstorm rather than supply the answer. It is also important to motivate and guide the student during this process.
