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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Motivating Learners

Yi, I agree with you about the need for passion to be a part of the career selection process. Even though many careers pay well having to work in that career for many years and not liking it would be a real challenge. So knowing more about students and their reasons for being in the course the easier it will be to connect them with the content. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Motivating Learners

Ramona, You make a good point about the need for students to find personal meaning and value in the course content. This is so important because it is after all their career they are preparing for so they need to be able to see relevancy in what is being offered. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Role Models

LYDIA, Good plan for you to follow. You will be a learning leader that your students can emulate throughout their careers. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Instructors as Role Models

Michael, This is such an important part of what we need to be about as instructors. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Expanding Your Instructional Abilities

Frank, Well said and a great strategy to follow as you strive to improve your instructional skill development. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Supporting Problem Solving Skills

Maggie, Students need help with this area. By giving them steps and a checklist you are helping them to see the sequence and order of how to work through to solutions. Good training for them to have. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using Reflective Thinking

Maggie, By taking some time and stepping back a bit to see the big picture and then the parts that make up that picture you will become a reflective thinker and a problem solver. Your three parts of reaching a solution are right on. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using Reflective Thinking

Annette, Great to hear about way the module was of help to you. Yes, your approach is dead on in terms of helping your students to analyze situations and come up with solutions. That is one of the critical elements of nursing. I am sure your students appreciate your methods and the preparation efforts you are putting into helping them to become proficient in their field. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Discipline in Critical Thinking

Maggie, Self-discipline seems to be lacking in a lot of our students. They do no want to invest the time it takes to acquire self-discipline and as a result they don't become the high quality critical thinkers they want to be. Those that do put in the time and effort see their careers take off. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Critical Thinker Characteristics

Maggie, Three very important elements needed for critical thinking and you have listed all of them. Good way to approach a situation and then work through it to solution. If the steps are followed so will success. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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