The course need to be relevant and find different ways for the students to remember what they are learning.
positive comments are the more effective
Try to use a variety of delivery methods to engage all students. Keeping them motivated to learn and enjoy the process.
This will take a lot more prep and work than I could have imagined. This course has been positively eye opening in such a comprehensive and logical way.
Understanding the learning styles of the student will be helpful. It is important to lecture so all learning styles will be caught.
Don't have a cold start to the class. Also incorporate a variety of learning methods. Ones ability to pay attention is limited.
I learned that budgeting my time and breaking down lectures to 10-15 increments with lecture then case study or discussion would work best. I should come emotionally prepared and not to cold start my lecture. I will be in control of my class, not letting it get away from me.
I would like to work on having notes with timing to stay on task/time. I would like to use videos to break up lecture and provide audio and visual learning.
The importance of lesson plans and know your material prior to teaching the lesson to the students.
It is important to use as many teaching styles as possible when presenting a topic.
Practice demonstrations prior to presenting them.
Preparation for class is important. Also, seek to vary how to teach your students to cover the various learning styles.
Use various delivery methods to include the differen tlearning styles.
Develop an effective lesson plan, and plan and rehearse the presentation.
Comment on Alexander Nieves's post:
Hello, Alex:
You are so right about each group of students being unique. I have had the experience of teaching multiple sections of the same course where a specific plan went perfectly well in the first group and flopped perfectly in the second.
It is the purpose of each course to equip students with a set of skills they need to further their preparation for professional service. Teachers play a vital role in this process as role models and directors of the education. It is important that careful preparation is made for the delivery of the content while making the process fun and interesting to hold students' attention.
I learned that a variety of presentation methods will yield better outcomes. One approach I plan to use is grouping students in small groups of twos, threes, fours and fives in project-based instruction to mirror the workplace where people solve problems working in teams.
The importance of preparing lecture notes.
This course outlines an excellent information for new instructors.
Lecture needs to be planned well, and delivered in different learning styles to keep students engaged and interested in learning the subject content.
Having a variety of instruction methods is key to reaching each student at their level.
Be prepared, provide examples and demonstrations and incorporate different teaching styles.
I need to know my lesson plans frontwards, backwards, and sideways so that I can give effective feedback and exercises to students
