I teach a class on Academic and Professional Success. Not normally one that uses more than sight and hearing. I am intrigued by this topic and how I can create exercises that incorporate more senses during our class time.
I liked the example of the blindfold walk, yet I am not sure how to make it relevant to my material.
Hi Rose:
I think culinary is one of the best examples of how senses play a big part in teaching classes. But creative teachers can use mutiple senses in just about any class to improve student retention of information and successfulness in the course.
Regards, Barry
Teaching at a culinary school really allows you to make full use of the senses as a teaching tool. Seeing what foods look like, smell like, feel like, taste like and sound like while they are cooking allows for full sensory integration.
Hi Gloria:
I think this a very good example of an exercise that involves the senses. Also, the more snese we can use and integtare into the instructional, the better.
Regards, Barry
by Gloria Morrow Jan. 7, 2010 4:40 p.m
I teach composition and after the review of ad-
jectives & adverbs, I have the students write &
share sentences describing a sight, sound, smell,
taste & feeling. I then assign a descriptive
essay on a specific topic and have them "show me"
instead of just "telling me" by using specific
words and sensory description. The papers are very creative and a delight to read.
Hi Dr. A:
Utilizing multiple sense frequenty in the classroom, and being creative with lots of varietu helps students retain needed information more readily than rote memorization derived fro a "lecture".
Regards, Barry
Hi Ellen:
You're right involving more senses and variety in the delivery of instruction will help students retain needed information better.
Regards, Barry
Using a variety of senses helps students engage and retain material. Studies have shown this to be true. So it is important to use visual and listening plus it is extremely helpful for many learners to include a 'hands on' segment in your classroom.
As a visual and auditory learner myself, early on I learned that there is a need for different methodologies to keep students interested. One strategy is to try to understand the learning styles of each student. If this is not possible, then it's important to incorporate different elements that will help each type of learner including auditory, visual, and kinesthetic.
Hi Lisa:
More and more classes are utilizing the hybrid or blended classroom model. Really, the only difference is in the delivery method.
But I think there's an added advantage in that students in blended classes tend to take responsibility for more of their learning than do their passive classroom student conterparts. Anytime a student can become more engaged in their learning, that's going to be a good thing.
Regards, Barry
I am all for the Blended learning concept can mean combining methods, techniques or resources and applying them in an interactive learning arena, ie, one on one, group, computer useage.
Hi Rebecca:
Touch, feel, pressure, balance, temperature, pain, smell, auditory - lots of senses that creative teachers can use to stimulate learning.
Regards, Barry
I teach is a skills dominated area, we often talk through the demonstration to strengthen their knowledge.
rebecca
Hi Michael:
Cooking seems like the perfect example for demomonstrating senes in the learning process. But it can used in other settings too. But as you say, it's vital in your particular trade.
Regards, Barry
Hi Joanna:
I think we all have memories, perhaps even from childhood that when we smell it, it ignites a memory or situation associated with that scent. So true, it is very applicable to teaching as well. In some classes this would take some creative activities, but where applicable, it's a wonderful sense to add to the learning process.
Regards, Barry
Small groups are effective for learning information. Students are continously looking at their notes/texts and other references as they
share a project.
Before determining learning style, a reliable survey test (questionnaire) may indicate what type of learner your students are(tactile, visual, auditory, etc.) My presentation for didactic and learning activities for each hour in class will hopefully address these differences in learning style.
My first chef spent day one touring me through the kitchen with my senses, and it remains a technique I use in lab classes. Toast smells done, emulsions sound finished, taste is obviously vital, a steak feels medium-rare, and we are first and formost visual creatures. Getting students to use all of their senses is not only effective teaching technique - it is also vital to their careers.
Besides visual and auditory, I feel that scent is a pwerful tool in learning. I once had a class that was near a kitchen. After class, I would remember different parts of the class lecture when I encountered the same scent from the kitchen that was around during the lecture.
Hi Aprilyn:
Many teachers will try to stimulate memory by using different media such as you describe. Also, involving multiple senses in the instructional process facilitates instruction. It takes thought, creativity, and planning to use senses in most lessons, but with practice many teachers find they get into a flow and they start naturally thinking this way.
Regards, Barry
