learning your students from the age difference and treating them with respect and the way you want to be treated if you were in there shoes

This module has been a valuable reminder that effective teaching extends far beyond simply delivering content. To truly reach students and foster their growth, we need to appreciate the diverse individuals within our classrooms.

Key Takeaways:

Diversity is Multifaceted: Students bring a wide range of backgrounds, learning styles, motivations, and challenges. Recognizing and respecting these differences is fundamental.
Learning Styles Matter: Visual, auditory, kinesthetic – understanding these styles and incorporating varied methods into my teaching will create a more inclusive and engaging learning environment.
Motivation and Engagement: Intrinsic and extrinsic motivators play a role. I need to explore strategies that… >>>

Student retention is important!

I learned the importance of knowing your students and the role of positive reinformcement. That students must retain information from your class in order to benefit from the learning. The difference between sematic memory and espisodic memory and how it influences learning.

I learned that sometime you might encounter that mid course slump and the importance of activities to put engery back into your class.

The most important thing about teaching is to enjoy what you are doing and to allow that enthusiasm to show. This will set the stage for a great learning environment.

Motivation in the classroom is important to provide dynamic and understandable learning for students, and the use of tools during the teaching process helps us achieve our objectives in a more didactic way and will impact their professional success.

Maintain an interesting class and focus on constant assessment of its development to build trust and a good relationship with students during your teaching process.

The instructor or teacher must be aware that each class and each student is not the same and that we must prepare it according to goals and objectives, we must be creative and demonstrate that we are passionate about teaching because the student will perceive that and their response will be in relation to what we as instructors provide them.

Adult education is different. They learn when they need and want to learn. They know the benefits that training can bring them and the problems they can solve. They are able to connect new knowledge, skills, and attitudes with their experiences, but they have problems adapting to the current reality. They must rely on both their intrinsic and intrinsic skills and have clear learning objectives.