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Matthew Lokai
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i believe it would beneficial for an automotive tech school and a dealership have an intership in which a student can get a feel for the fast pace of a shop enviroment.
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I have always made the comment a cell phone is a great tool but a terrible toy.I believe that if we are to embrace using technology then we should be trained in the uses before the problems occur. I can speek from personnal experience that my unfamiliarity with some technoligy has slowed my use of it in the class setting.
class room managing is an ongoing evaluation of you as an instructor. i believe that some classes need different managing styles in order to maintain a good productivity. People respond to different styles for better or for worse. i sometimes see myself as a little bit of the three styles. i feel that apathetic is not a style but a poor excuse for being lazy.
The issue with non verbal is we don't see ourselves through their eyes, so we don't understand their point of view. I think sometimes we can gain valuable information from students as to what our body language says about our teaching style. A student is very sensitive to your non verbal traits much like a pause with a "daddy" eye stare. I think that as an instructor you must be able to balance your verbal and non verbal skills.
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The point of decision is usually when they spent the money for tuition and find they can't earn a living in the real world with their skill set.
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Mental stress is a new thing to me in this stage of life I am in right now. I did not feel mental stress when i was younger because I did not pay attention to the future, I am married and have one child. I now have a new meaniing for stress. I will put some of these ideas to work.
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I would agree, there are definately inappropriate questions or not relevant to subject at hand. I have had instances of this and told the student to come see me after class and I would discuss the question with them.
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the business aspect of teaching is important but I think that if you take care of the instructing of your students the rest will come easy. I personally need to consider the background of my students in making decisions as to how to deal with them in the classroom.
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An issue that I have as an instructor is the time frame I have with the student. I have 3 weeks at a time and that is not always sufficeint time to understand a student. I try to connect with them the best i can. I have found in the past that a student's friend or roomate is a good way to get into the students idea of thinking, which helps me to keep the interest of the student with retention problems.
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