i believe guest lecturers in your class room
brings excellent source of material to your class
room ,this also help and rienforce some of the
material you covered .
I believe it should always be someone that is directly connected to industry .
and additionally some former students to share their experiences with the students.
Devon,
It is also important to invite guest speakers that may not hold the "highest" career in the industry. A guest speaker that holds an entry-level position, could discuss some of the realities that many graduates (of the program) will face and instill thoughts of determination and "best practices" for success in the field.
Tremayne Simpson
Very important to learn from someone at the top of their career field, reinforces all education you are trying to teach your students. Field trips are a much also.
Jessica,
I agree. I am often taking as many notes as my students, whenever i schedule a guest speaker. Also, the guest speaker can provide several unique examples that may not be available within the assigned course materials.
Tremayne Simpson
it allows students to actually see the value of what they are learninh
Since I teach in the evenings it is very hard to find guest to come speak and when someone does, all the other classes join us and vice versa. Instead I have found great resources for videos where the students get to hear experts in the field discuss, lecture, and back up what their textbook says. Gives them a little change of pace and exposes them to current discussions going on in the field.
I regularly have friends and co-workers from the field (law enforcement) come into the classroom for formal lectures and informally to “surprise†the students with materials or equipment overviews. When the students get to see active members from the field who reinforce lessons that I have taught them it adds value to the class.
I enjoy bringing in guest speakers who have more expertise in a specific area, I feel that the students can gain more from them in the given time than I could give them. I also get to learn a little more about another area.
Cynthia,
Inviting alumni, can serve as great motivation for the current students. In addition to discussing their success in the field, they can also talk about the obstacles and difficulty that they had to overcome, in order to graduate from the program. In general, the students appreciate hearing from a person that was "in their shoes".
Tremayne Simpson
Ann,
"A change of pace" is generally welcomed from students, during the class. I have found that inviting colleagues can get the students excited about taking additional courses (with the instructor) and can be a positive for the institution (students will see that their are several "field experts" at their school).
Tremayne Simpson
Well said:) I've invited guest into my classroom to talk and students love it.I had a student graduate that was running a kitchen come in and talk about her life as a student and her life as a
kitchen manager that really made them feel like they had made a good choice to come to school.
Watching them see the relavence of the education made my day. Several of them went to volunter for her and one got hired.
