I think that it is interesting to learn more about how to retain students in your classroom and help them to be more successful. I liked hearing about the two different types of learners, non-traditional and traditional, and understanding their perspectives, fears, ect. This section also provided necessary information on how to manage your classroom when dealing with student's frustrations. Students do have frustrations, and when they bring them to the classroom, it interupts their learning. Listening to their frustrations will go along way and then provide direction and advice is a great response. I want to make all my students comfortable and ready to learn. I want them all to be successful.
Learning about my students can assist in how I prepare to teach the students and increase the opportunties to link the content with their lives
What I gathered from this Module is that all students are different. Don't think you can just prepare a lesson and everyone will understand, retain and learn it totally differently. I learned one needs to be prepared to think outside of the perverbial teaching platform box.
Students are driven to be successful for a number of reasons. They want to succeed and, in an ideal world, they would. The reality is that in spite of their desire to succeed and the best intentions, events occur that serve to diminish their intrinsic desire for career training. As an instructor, this list can give you a starting point from which you can develop learning opportunities that will help the students get over troublesome situations that might cause a shift in intrinsic priorities leading to program departure.
From this section I learned more about our students and who they are. The most interesting part fo rme was the student's fear, specifically that they were concerned their peers would look at them as not being successful. In the 'online' classroom it's easy to forget the peer to peer social fears that students still feel.
I liked the idea of having bio cards on students to see how their life experiences can be woven into the lesson(s). Also, increasing intrinsic motivation for library instruction is important so they get the most out of the time. Maybe I can ask students to complete a Poll Everywhere question prior to the instruction.
Understanding of student support & being there to listen to their fustrations. Learn how to not let their fustrations escalte by setting rules.
I've learnt that if you are able to put yourself in the student's 'shoes' and look at the coursework from their perspective then you will be able to approach the presentation of the material in a method that will be more meaningful to the student.
You begin to realize that besides communication there must be comprehension.
I have learned the importance of understanding what motivates students and that they need support from family & friends and the university. I also was able to review Maslow's Hierarchy and that students need their basic needs to self-actualization met. Also, Maslow's Hierarchy moves from extrinsic to intristic.
Encourage students to open up about themselves and find out their desires or motivation for taking the course.
Ensuring that extrinsic needs of the student are met will help to set up students for success. They will be better able to focus on their intrinsic needs.
From this section I've really learned to see things from differnt persoectives and notjust mine own
I've experienced the strategies mentioned in this module over my teaching career and i agree with everything said. I can't say I learned anything new but I can say I learned different ways to present what I already agree with in this module.
It is very important to highlight the past experience of students and relate it to their learning and training.
I have learned that as an Instructor, It is my duty to find a way to encourage and support students in order to keep them engaged in the subject. This material is allowing me to develope a different approach to further assist students of different divesity groups and needs.
Each student has a story of their own and we must find ways to learn from the experiences of each person in order to succeed.
1. Learn and get to know about your students
2. Use learner's previous experience "crystalized experiences" play big role in learning
3. Encourage and motivate students to the learning environment
Reply to Leia Trainor's post: I have tried being an active but neutral listener at the time of my student's frustration. It worked amazingly and calm the person down without me doing more!
Reply to Angela Marie Martinez's post: I totally agree. Age and culture affect the learning objectives a lot!
