Incorporating both academic and professional experience into the class room.

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I most definitely agree. Bringing some of those stories of personal experiences in our fields of expertise, certainly does make the learning more relevant to our students. I am sure that each of us can remember that instructor that just 'lectured' to us as students and yet did not include those stories - I'd bet we each have long ago forgotten his or her name. But that instructor that made learning fun with stories of relevancy we will remember that learning much more. I can remember a simply awesome instructor that did just that. He was my antomy and physiology instructor now over 30 years ago. I still remember him and his lecture style. It truly makes for a much better learning environment when there is interaction and relevancy brought into the mix.

<p>I most definitely agree. Bringing some of those stories of personal experiences in our fields of expertise, certainly does make the learning more relevant to our students.  I am sure that each of us can remember that instructor that just 'lectured' to us as students and yet did not include those stories - I'd bet we each have long ago forgotten his or her name.  But that instructor that made learning fun with stories of relevancy we will remember that learning much more.  I can remember a simply awesome instructor that did just that. He was my antomy and physiology instructor now over 30 years ago. I still remember him and his lecture style.  It truly makes for a much better learning environment when there is interaction and relevancy brought into the mix.</p>

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