Respecting Students by believing in their profession
One great way to make students enjoy your class and gain their trust and build a rapport is to actually make students believe that you really care for their profession. Interest in their profession makes students eager to behave in class, eager to demonstrate worthiness. An instructor must make his or her students believe they will gain skills from class, enough to go out to the real world and make a difference!
I agree as well. Apealing to their greatness..who they are and the contribution they will be to the people they care about and humanity seems to bring out the best in some of my students.
Todd,
Right you are about the spreading of excitement. It does spread if you bring it to the class. Add in passion for your field and you have a winning combination for getting students engaged.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
It also helps them see the value of what they are doing. If you are excited about their profession and show them how what you are learning applies to their profession directly, they can't help but get excited as well.
Alice,
Students really like this form of reinforcement because it gives them validation that they are doing things right in the course. They are motivated by this and excited about continuing forward with their efforts.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I agree. Encouraging them verbally on an individual basis seems to have such a positive impact on them.
