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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Supporting Problem Solving Skills

Patrick, You are asking them to think, explore options and then find solutions and this is a critical part of the problem solving skill development process. Keep up the good work. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Kanisha, That is because you are helping to make the course content come alive. This is why examples and stories from the field are so valuable to the students. They start to see how the content can be applied to their career development and this increases their motivation for learning. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Adapting Your Instructional Strategy

Kanisha, This is a sound and well accepted practice that helps students retain required content. By being creative you can use repetition in a variety of ways that will keep the students engaged but keep them from being bored. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Student Feedback

Christie, This ongoing type of feedback allows you to make adjustments in the instructional process if needed because the feedback is real time. This will keep students engaged and the class progressing as planned. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Understanding Learner Characteristics

Kim, This is so important because you have knowledge of where these students are coming from and how you can provide support to them. You can also connect better with students by having this information. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Reasons for Enrolling

Christie, Spend some one on one time with this student and try to get him or her engaged in what is going on in the class. Demonstrate to the student that you respect him or her and that you are there to support their learning effort. Don't let the student use the previous experience as a way of not being a part of the class if you can help it. The more human factor you show the easier it will be to develop rapport with this student. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Role Models

Camille, It is great that you had such wonderful role models to follow as you have developed your own teaching career. As you impact the lives of your students you know that you are creating a legacy of your own abilities in relation to helping your students achieve their career goals. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Panagiotis, Yes it does and this is how you keep the interest of student for the duration of class sessions. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Motivators

Kristine, Right you are about the love for variety. If we don't change the delivery format or flow of the class we will lose the students after a short while. It each in 6 hour blocks so it takes a lot of variety to keep them engaged for that long of time. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Effective Motivation Techniques

Anthony, Yes we do. We work hard on the mechanics of teaching and sometimes forget about the human factor in teaching. Both are critical and needed for learning success. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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