I would like to be a learner in my class so I could see how I come across to the students. Just because I think that I am doing a good job at getting the information across to them doesn't mean that it plays that way to the students.
I have found that the better I know the material myself, the better I am able to explain/ teach the material.I can put it in my own words, not just read from the text
I absolutely LOVE the subject I teach - it is important for the instructor to be thoroughly engaged in their subject in order to engage the students. This course helped me realize I can do it more ACTIVELY with games and activities when I thought it had to be more "adult" level - kind of bland and informative. Now I can share the FUN I have with words!
It is the initial of 4 of the major learning styles: I know 3 of them are Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, can someone fill in the 4th.
I may have missed something.
What is the VARK approach?
Your schooling has served you well.
I would love to be a learner in my class. I have an abundance of energy and passion for my subject. I was a student in my class. LOL That is where I received my teaching degree. My education was based on how the brain learns and my instructors made class a very active learning environment which I am passing on to my students.
I would like to be a learner in your class because you know the value of fun and you use it.
Rachel, all the really best teachers I know learn as much from their students as the students learn from them. Thank you for sharing this insight as well.
I have been teaching medical terms for six years. The way that I learned root words, prefixes and suffixes I didn't know was from repetition in teaching or just exercises in the classes. I learn something nearly every day! When a student asks a question I do not know the answer to, I have them look it up for an extra credit point. They have to return it the next day to me, in their own words. I usually do retain this information so I can share it the information the next time the question comes around.
Because I make learning FUN in my Medical Terminology classes! If we are not laughing, we are not learning. I have students who years later have come up to me and related a story or an example I had used with them in their class. I would want an instructor that makes learning fun; an instructor that makes me excited to attend class just to see what crazy thing she is going to come up with next.
Your formula for success is a good one.
I very passionate and know my subject material. I am always prepared, never late and try to set the highest standards
Rebecca, any way you can make the lesson relevant and personal to students, is s good method .
One reason to be a learner in my own class -other than familiarity with course material - is to relate a 'real life examples' or experiences to the current topic.
For example, on the importance of patient confidentiality shared a true story of a two health care workers discussing a patient diagnosis on an elevator. The only other occupant happened to be the patient's family member who now learned their loved one was just diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Next, allow time for student's to share any similar examples on the same topic as we have so much to learn from each other!
Does anyone find this method to be detrimental or positive?
I agree that seeing from the student perspective how you class occurs would be a valuable experience.
I would want to be a leaner in my own class to see what improvements I need to make. No one teaches perfectly. Also I think it would help give me ideas on how to make the subject matter more interesting if there were parts that were not. Also, the worse critics are ourselves.
Demonstrating a positive attitude toward class time models that to learners.
I would want to show students how much fun it is to learn new things in the classroom.
Focusing on learners and the variety of ways they learn is a critical focus of the teacher.
