The delivery of each lecture ought to be with passion as it'll engage the students.

it's vital for a good first impression to the class. This will give the class a good understanding of the professors.

There are variety of learning fashions for student and it is best to know different manners to teach in one's class.

Planning and Preparing before a lecture is vital for the teacher as it shows reliability and dedication towards education.

Being a Teacher and understanding students are vital in a teaching environment.

How much time does an instructor need to prepare for a class they have taught numerous times before?????

Subjective testing requires more thought, input and application for the student than objective testing

When we discuss diversity and the issue of ableism comes up in class, I find it important to let the students know that I have a learning disability and that as a child I was labeled LD gifted. My students already know that I have achieved my Bachelor's and Master's degrees as well as licenses as a notary public, a massage therapist, and an esthetician so they know that I have achieved a lot and let nothing stand in my way. I also explain to them that this is due to the fact that I was born deaf. This allows students to get a better understanding of learning disabilities in case they come across any learning disabled patients and also allows for students with learning disabilities to understand that they can accomplish anything they set their minds to do.

Some students who may have done really poor on an early test may feel anxious about learning new information on the next day of class. What are the benefits of a post-test review?

I had a student that was a high school graduate, but had practically no actual education. He did not understand the concept of what the zeroes at the end of a number did to that number. (A 1 or 10 or 1000 were nebulous in his mind.) He was in an Electronics Engineering Technician course. What I taught him as new information he grasped immediately and had partial understanding of what it meant and how it fit into the course material. However, anything that required previous knowledge to grasp was difficult of not impossible for him to understand. I slowed the pace of the course in order to help him learn. The other students in the class did their best to help him learn, but in the end, he dropped because he was not "getting" the information in a useful way. He went into another course that had the least reliance on previous knowledge and did rather well. He was not dumb, just uneducated. He was extremely smart, capable of learning new information rapidly, he just could not relate it to the knowledge he should have had but did not.

I have had mixed success with groups. When I allow students toform their own groups they choose their friends and unvariably there are one or more students that are not picked. I find it far more conducive to group dynamics to assign group members so that the weak are put with the strong so that all students participate and learn. But this can also be disasterous. I had one group where they allowed the "stronger" student to write the program for a microcomputer for their final project. He went onto the internet and copied the program. This caused his dismissal adn it also hurt the final grade for every member of the group since the project was not actually completed. I did make allowances, but since no one could complete their part of the project the grades were affected. And then there was one group who divided the tasks. And one individual decided that another student was not doing the quality of work he expected of his fellow students, so he told her to stop and he would do her part. Unfortunately, this was done outside of teh classroom and I had no idea it was happening until after the project was completed and handed in.

My students are such a mix of different back grounds, experience levels, education levels, and languages that it is always a challenge to keep interest levels high, and be sure you are getting through to each and every one of them in a manner in which they can relate to and fully comprehend.

As the Faculty Development Advocate at our higher education institution, I have seen time again the downfall of new instructors because they entered their class with minimal preparation and were sorely unprepared. Preparation helps promote confidence for instructors and is often half the battle to a successful class. Is there anything worse than entering a class without all the necessary materials, lesson mapped out, topic to be covered? I would imagine student would rapidly lose respect for teachers who enter the classroom this way. I will often map out my hours in class in 30 minute increments so my time is wisely spent and the students get what they paid for.

When work groups are put in place it is a good way to build confidance for the students. By working within groups they begin to see how everyone can contribute to each others success.

Managing your communication skills is more than verbal. It involves apearance, conducting yourself physically, and approaching the class smoothly with an air of confidance and being in charge. this is not to say to be in the role of a dictator but with compassion for thier learnig the topics of the course.make them feel as they are your very existance for teaching and the pride thier sucess brings you. Show your enthusiasim for your work and it will carry over to the class to be successful.

Some of the best memories I have from my former teachers are of when they used different activities to present material. I've had teachers that let the students do all the teaching, and she just emphasizes what's most important on the subject etc. Case studies were also very helpful in college. Videos, acting something out, etc were the things that helped me learn the most. I hope I can become a teacher like that that uses a variety on teaching methods so that all my students are able to understand the material.

Since people of an adult nature learn in a certain way and are not apt to change there learning methods you have to know how to reach out to each one .

Simply said meeting your new class arravial shows the students that you care about there sucsess and you are there for there sole benifit and that is to learn.

By planning your lesson plans carefully you can see if the materials are thought in a manner that makes since to all and they are in a functioning realistic order . in order to elimate confusion.

Leanring the straigies and ways to best rech your students will for one keep the students engaged on what they are there for and giving them a structure is important for them as a whole to feel comfortable with you as a instuctor by showing them you are confident and well prepared to quide them and teach them this course