The Teaching in Career Education Group is for instructors teaching in career education institutions to discuss topics related to instruction and student learning.
I have been a field operative for most of my life.
This course has opened me up to the differences between training and teaching.
I have learned that "teaching" involves more of the students in a "concert" rather then just as a solo preformance.
Michael I like your view on teaching being a concert rather than a solo performance. This is so true. I am a fairly new instructor, but one thing I have discovered already is the need to actively involve students in the learning process. If this is not done the will become bored and unmotivated. One way I try to accomplish this is to use learning games to get them involved. They seem to like it a lot.
I loved the learning games in ED310. I'm a new teacher and I've found that I teach how my old instructors taught which was very "traditional" (long quiet powerpoint lectures) and I've seen how much more students can get out of a lecture if they are more active. I strongly encourage you to try some of the activities in ED310.
Career Ed Lounge is embedded in over eighty professional development portals serving the career and technical education community. Performance Groups in the Lounge are integrated with related learning opportunities offered on these portals. With a few exceptions, Performance Groups are also publicly available to any member of the Lounge to maximize peer-to-peer learning and performance outcomes.
