Gary Meers, Ed.D.

About me

I am an Education Advisor/Consultant for MaxKnowledge. I write courses that assist in the professional development of career college instructors. These courses range in content from the introductory level to advanced instructional development. I started my teaching career as an instructional technology teacher on the high school level, completed graduate school and then moved into higher education. I spent many years in the area of teacher training at the University of Nebraska. While at the University of Nebraska I stared working with career college instructors to improve their instructional delivery skills. As a result of these experiences I have been a consultant to career colleges throughout the United States and a number of foreign countries.

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Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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REFOCUS...

Hi Eric, Well said. It is easy to forget why we are there in the first place. We need to maintain our excitement if we expect our students to be excited. Plus, if we are excited then teaching will be more fun. Gary

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Motivation techniques...

Hi Manny, Right on in terms of student reinforcement. As instructors we need to keep this effort up because we never know when a student needs that bit of encouragement to keep him or her in school. Keep up the good work. Gary

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Making Instruction Relevant

Hi Linda, You are in a good place as an instructor. Sounds like your students are there because they want to be and are motivated to learn and develop. The see the relevance to what you are teaching them. The use of professionals in the field is always a great motivator. Keep up the good work. Gary

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Matching Content to Need

Hi Janet, Thank you for those kind words about the course. I am excited for you as you review and implement things you have learned in your professional development. If I can be of any future help to you please feel free to contact me. Gary

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Linda, You certainly have a challenge in having to work and instruct from two different texts. Your use of student groups is a good idea so the students can discuss even more the content and concepts shared in the texts and help each other understand more clearly what they need to know. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Motivation techniques...

Hi Marisa, Right you are. Students really respond to those that have been successful and come back to share their success with current students. This really helps them to see that their career goals are achievable. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Your Instructional Style

Hi Trina, Welcome to the profession. As long as you do learn as you go you will continue to grow in your knowledge and expertise. Always be on the lookout for new instructional strategies that you can use in your classes. This will bring variety to your classes and help to keep you excited about teaching. I wish you much success in your teaching. Gary

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Hi Linda, Exactly! It will also help the students to achieve more success and their retention will be higher. The will have more content to work from as they complete their training. Gary

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Hi Bridgett, Good instructional plan for using the multiple intelligences of your students. Not only will they learn more they will learn easier because they are working in an intelligence area that enables them to acquire the content more completely. An old saying that works here is "its not how smart you are but how you are smart". Meaning that we process information in different ways so we need different ways of learning new content and skills. Gary

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Hi Ashley, Well said concerning multiple intelligences. Having researched how to assess multiple intelligences for over 25 years I have a deep appreciation of understanding what intelligences are and how they impact the learning of adults. Keep up the good work. Gary

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