Barry Westling

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Goal of educating students

Hi Mary Jane: Especially true when we're talking about career based courses. Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Goal of educating students

Hi Mary Jane: Great thought. In general, we might say the goal of educating is to "impart knowledge" with other criteria involving the learning environment. I often think of the word "nurture". Regards, Barry

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Using pretests as planning tools

Hi Mary Jane: Exactly! Combine what you've said here with my comment to you earlier, and you have both sides of the coin. Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Using pretests as planning tools

Hi Mary Jane: Another thing pretests are great for are to show the instructor what kind of student learner they have, which can help make lesson plans more effective. Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Making field trips and guest speakers a part of instruction

Hi Mary: So in general, these tools offer a student a fresh perspective, and allow them to ask questions to other individuals other than the main instructor. Regards, Barry

Barry Westling

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Using pretests as planning tools

Hi Beverly: The idea about these tools is two-fold; we can assess where the student is in their understanding, and get an idea of what kind of student learner they are, making lesson plans more effective. Regards, Barry

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Goal of educating students

Hi Ashia: Great discussion here! Can we as instructors as ourselves, "what do I want my students to be able to teach" as part of our lesson planning? Regards, Barry

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Goal of educating students

Hi Tierra: Good! Other words we can use as part of the goal is to provide these concepts with a certain type of environment, and/or instrucotr personality. One word I might use is "nurture". Regards, Barry

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Making field trips and guest speakers a part of instruction

Hi Amanda: Right! We're talking about giving the student a fresh perspective on the content you've been discussing and giving them a chance to ask questions to new people that are different than the instructor. Regards, Barry

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Making field trips and guest speakers a part of instruction

Hi Shantae: Exactly - a fresh perspective, and if we broaden this a bit, it is another way of providing a variety of learning methods to the student group. Regards, Barry