Learning styles
You will always know when the light bulb of comprehension goes on in your students. Until that happens you will need to try various approaches to your teaching style
Christopher,
Thanks for sharing this great story with us. This is one of those experiences that says that "I like being an educator" because it all came together for you and your students while being observed by your supervisor. That was a win win for everyone.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
So true about seeing those lightbulbs and the rewarding feeling it provides. I was giving a lecture on the Renaissance in Northern Europe the other day. Believe me, it's a subject with serious snooze potential. We finished the Renaissance in Italy before the long weekend, so I was nervous about how much the students would retain and how that that was going to impact comparisons between differences in the Renaissance of both regions. I was worried the first hour, as I had a full third of my tiny class absent-- my two most vocal students among them. THEN I was delivered with the semi-horrifying news that I was going to be observed in the next hour by my supervisor. But I worry too much. As my supervisor is sitting there, and as we get further into the art, my students lit up! Students who hadn't said a thing for the entirety of the previous sessions were responding. There lots of back and forth questions and I could really see that they were understanding things! It got so relaxed everyone's senses of humor were showing. And my supervisor got a good show! By far, it was one of the best Lightbulb Moments of my young professorial career!
Mary,
Seeing the light bulb come on is one of the rewards of being a teacher. So we need to strive to light as many of the bulbs as we can each time we interact with our students.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
