Each student has various learning styles and it is important to use these different styles. Preparing strategies used to teach will greatly help you and your students.
There are a variety of of methods of learning and we as instructors should keep this in mind when we form our learning material such as powerpoints and presentations.
Practicing demonstrations so you are better prepared prior to class, engaging the class with an opening that enables you to gage the mood of the room, and varying teaching delivery all contribute to a more effective classroom experience.
Make sure you can alter your teaching styles for your learners. Keeping in mind there are many types of learners.
I will ensure to give instructions to the student in 5-7steps. Also, I will structure my lecture to have 10-15minute blocks, so the students can retain the information.
Varying teaching styles and practicing lectures and demonstrations before class will help to connect to students more effectively.
Try to use as many different teaching methods in class as possible to allow each student to learn in their preferred method. This should help to have the best learning outcomes for each student.
Vary your delivery of information, allow the students to practice a skill before the time comes for real life application to give them confidence.
Delivery lecture into 10-15 minutes blocks helps with retention. Prepare class having lecture notes and summary sheets provides you with cues as to where to put in examples or illustrations.
Teaching styles can vary, depending on the audience (students). It is the same way when I go do standup comedy, I look at the audience and decide what kind of jokes I will say. One must be very versatile when it comes to teaching students because everyone is different, so adjustments must be made to be successful.
Learned different methods of content delivery, that mixing up delivery styles is most effective in reaching all types of learners. I found it helpful that the amount of content can be thought of as formulaic; noting the attention span of the average adult learner 10-18min, so keep each talking point within that time frame, and best to segment that into 5-7 bits of information for best retention.
People learn in a variety of ways, it's important to teach in a variety of ways to increase learning in all students. Practice, practice, practice.
The goal is to include all learning methods into the lecture
A solid lesson plan and note to refer to. When showing how to do something keep it to 5 to 7 steps
I think adding the extra variety will help keep the students more engaged in the course material.
I learned about the different teaching styles. How to better help my students and to be well prepared.
I think as a beginner instructor, I am really going to implement practicing or demonstrating lecture before class
My main take away from this lesson would be attention span. Trying to keep the students interested and involved can be difficult and will be something I will be working to be better at.
Keeping the lectures to 15 minute bites; using tools such as ipad for key words.
Being a surgical tech instructor, I always feel that with anything thing you should start with the basics. We as surgical techs have to cover a lot of materials such as sterile technique and its purpose, surgical procedures, and surgical instrumentation. which further goes into surgical specialties and the different surgical procedures in each specialty. I feel that teaching a basic minor set up is a good start for any case, but you build on to that set up as your progress into different procedures.
