maintaining eye contact
It's extremely important to make eye contact with students. Especially, while relaying important information.
However, with growing number of immigrants, culture diversity may hinder a response without eye contact from the recipient.
The lack of eye contact should not be taken out of content or as a means of disrespect or dishonesty but, as a common culture practice.
NAdams
Hi Lillian!
It sounds like you have the use of music in your classroom down to a science. I would caution that you are meeting the needs of all the students. For example, I have personally never been able to study with any type of distraction.
Keep up the good work!
Jane Davis
Ed106 Facilitator
Execellent point Shane!
There are so many things that an instructor must keep in mind then working with students. AND - then we must help them learn!!!
Keep up the good work!
Jane Davis
ED106 Facilitator
Robbie, this is true. it also gives students confidence and builds trust. Looking students in the eye lets them you that you care about their learning and progress.
Eye contact is very important; however, some of my students seem not like to be that way. So sometimes I'll ask these students to answer my questions and they automatically focus on my face. When I do that, I will try not to embarrass them though. I have learned that some native American students have this kind of problem because of their culture.
When making eye contact with the students this helps you gauge whether they are understanding what is being said, or even if they are paying attendance, if a student knows you are going to be making eye contact, he will stay focus on the lecture.
Maintaining eye contact helps me while lecturing to know if a student is understanding the information. And it helps to make the student feel like you are concerned about them.
