Hands on learning works well for all age groups with more supervision for the weaker students
Hi Jerry,
I commend you for using your advisory committee members like you are. These professionals really like to be involved and this is a great way to get buy in from them plus it lets the students get to know them better.
Gary
Hi Patricia,
You make a key point about how the students need to develop a high degree of proficiency in today's labor market. If they can see how they can separate themselves from the "herd" with their abilities then they will see how they can be successful.
Gary
Hi Sandra,
Good job with your instructional delivery. The fun demos and then interaction with them lets the students get "hands on" with their learning. This is a very effective way to engage students.
Gary
Hi John,
Yes, they do. There is nothing like a good success story to motivate students. It gives them a vision and hope for their future.
Gary
Hi Madelyn,
I'm loving this. I want to take your class so I can get a Starbucks card. Where I live we do not have a Starbucks so when I am where a Starbucks is it is a special treat to have their coffee. I know I would work very hard to get a card.
Gary
Hi Karen,
Way to go in making your course come alive. You are asking your students to think about different issues, topics and subjects. This should give them a comprehensive picture of the career work they are going to be entering soon.
Gary
I use real world experiences from my past, and ask for the students' experiences also. I have worked in several different areas of medicine in my career, so I can always find a good situation to talk about pertaining to different classes. I also have a lot of students that have been in the medical field, in some way, and are furthering their studies-so they have great information to share also.
I like to have the students work in groups on a project at some point and compete a bit against each other. I put the students in the groups, that way I can mix up the class from the same groups they usually fall in to motivate some of the followers to be leaders.
My students always enjoy hands on work.
Hi, Kane. This takes courage as an instructor, but does challenge the student, which is a great way to motivate him/her. Also, the higher levels of creativity and awareness that occur are good for all invovlved.
Motivational techniques require the instructor to relate the course content to the real world. When a student sees that the knowledge to be acquired is transferrable, then he/she is sold on its value.
I like to take parallels with the industry that they are currently in and show them how processes they are comfortable with can fit into this new arena. This can also be reinforced with sharing of my personal or even family experiences.
I use Advisory Board members (with their permission) as a referral if there is a specific issue in the field related to a students goal. The students is provided the contact information to discuss current issues or potential opportunities in the field. I then give AB members a heads-up, and I don't abuse the privilege of referring students.
I constantly connect their schooling with their career field. Application and understanding of why they must successfully complete school to have a career and not just a job.
I bring in leaders in the field I am teaching to show the students where they can go with their careers. I have had so many students go the places of business to become motivated to do better in school as well.
1. Using examples relevant to their future work.
2. Asking them how content may apply to their own personal use, for example, health.
3. Also, for some it is how they can turn idea into to profit-since many will need ideas to profit in an environment that currently is very difficult.
i like taking some of my life experiences and at the right time tell them about them. adding extra fun demos of whatever we are doing that day. letting the students interact with the demos.
I agree! THey want to use their skills as soon as possible. I try to work them as much as possible to do the "Hands on" work.
Hands on experiments really help my students get involved.
recognizing students have something to offer based on their experience or cultural knowledge, and make them part of the solutions process by providing, for example, case study and then have them use their SKA's toward resolution. Immediate rewards available.
