How important it is to understand where your students are coming from and what they want to achieve. Getting there- to be successful- is different for everyone. We need to recognize this and assist the students to be reach their goals.
Getting to know what their goals are within this career field. What motivated them to enroll in this specific field. Once I know those things, I can use that knowledge to further support and encourage them to continue reaching their goals.
The biggest take away from this course was that you need to help understand your student and where they are coming from to help them be successful. However, you need to be careful that you do not get suck into their lives.
It was a very helpful course for me. Great to learn that the instructor teaching an adult group of students needs to pay attention to many other aspects like diversity of age, ethnicity, career goals, student needs, fears and frustrations in addition to just delivering the lectures and knowledge, in order to be successful and improve retention of students. Involvement / participation of students in the class is very significant to keep them engaged and lead them to be successful.
Speaking from live experience helps engage students because when saying a story is a different tone of voice rather than reading out of a book. It doesn't sound so boring and when speaking up front to the class you have eye contact with them, it catches their attention a lot more and is a easier way of explaining content from a material rather than reading it out of a book.
I have learned the different ways in which adult learners learn and how to best meet them where they are.
understand adult students needs and charactrestics . their goals and motivations and their abilities . understand how to use their strenghthes and how to be carful with their weaknesses during the classes
I learned a lot throughout this course including the importance of understanding patient demographics in order to better help them learn.
First of all, I have reaffirmed the need to have a good learning environment. I have learned that pairing older students with younger students can be made to be advantageous. Older students are more mature and have many insights and life experiences to offer. A valuable bit of information is how to deal with a frustrated student. This happens more than one would wish to think.
One of the many important things I learned was that listening to our student's is always a good way to make them feel like they are heard and though it may not be a classroom problem, it may affect it.
I have learned that students will encounter frustrations and it is my role as the professor to not get involved in the complaint, but to encourage and help come up with an action plan
By discussing student expectations before a class begins, I have learned different ways to approach how to present subjects to different styles learners in the classroom. Which should have the most beneficial effects for each and every students different learning style.
It is important to understand student's extrinsic needs and provide internal support.
Instructors would do well to incorporate student experiences into the lessons being taught.
I have been an instructor for 3 years, beginning my time just as covid hit. I can see how this topic is so relevant, even from the beginning. I had to navigate learning to teach in an on-line environment, providing good content, implementing teaching strategies, and learning the types of students I was teaching. I have found, it is both newly graduated high school and the majority, nontraditional or adult learners. I found I had challenges with wanting to pull the "Mom card" as there were students that wanted to blame their challenges on the course or instructor.
Regardless of what you are teaching post high school or nontraditional student, I imagine the student characteristics are the same challenging for all.
from this section I have learned the importance of environment for a student to thrive and feel comfortable. I have also learned that is important to make a student feel comfortable and encouraged within your class, also that you are there to listen
Communication is essential. Faculty need to get to know their students and how to be help them individually. If complications arise then this knowledge will help.
I learned that traditional and nontraditional students have view learning differently and may require different levels of motivations. The classroom setting should remain a neutral setting that encourages learning for all.
A person needs to grow in order to learn
Be there for the student when needed, stay professional and provided resources when needed to help student stay focused on goals.
