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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Using Reflective Thinking

Kleinkauf, You make a good point for understanding how progress is made in terms of reflective thinking. It is a building process for sure because each experience should help the problem solver to be better the next time that situation is encountered. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructor REFOCUS

Pandora, I wish you much success as you get ready for the upcoming term. Have fun and bring your passion for your field to your class while enjoying your students and their learning progress. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Human Factor in Retention

Dahlia, Yes, the human factor is essential in the teaching process. Also, the interaction with students should be a major reason we are teaching and working to help them achieve their career goals. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Human Factor in Retention

Thomas, Your last sentence really captures the essence of what we instructors need to be about. We need to have passion for our field and excitement about getting to teach about it. You are so right about how students sense whether we care about them and are enthusiastic about sharing content. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Motivators

Cheryl, You have listed some very important components needed for learning success. We instructors are models to our students so we need to dress, speak and conduct ourselves at all times in a manner that shows our students what the expectations are for the field they are preparing to enter. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Motivators

Eric, This is a good sequence to follow as it gives support to the students as they refine their knowledge and skills in the course. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Developing Student Rapport

Cheryl, Well said and is reflective of how we as professional educators need to conduct ourselves as we interact with our students. This is the foundation for developing rapport and enhancing learning. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Application of New Knowledge

Jacqueline, Repetition is a powerful learning tool that can be used in many different ways. So the more engaging we can make the repetition effort the greater the retention of the content is going to be. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Application of New Knowledge

Eric, What are some ways you connection your course content to their career field in a relevant and applied way? Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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The Human Factor in Retention

Pandora, Right you are because this is how rapport is developed with students and the learning process is enhanced. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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