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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Creating Personal Support Systems

Matthew, This is a good place to start with your students. Having them express the reasons for being in school helps them to see how their efforts will move them toward their career goals. This increases the value of your course and their motivation. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making a Positive First Impression

Charles, I agree with getting the students to talking about themselves and introducing themselves to the others in the class. Exchanges like this gets everyone talking and comfortable with the class structure. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making a Positive First Impression

Micheal, Not sure of your statement. Can you expand on this to help my understanding? Thanks. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using a Well-prepared Syllabus

Micheal, What do you do to help your students to review the syllabus? Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using a Well-prepared Syllabus

Mary, I think you will like the results you get from handing out a well prepared syllabus to your students. For me it reduces student questions that revolve around course requirements since they are listed in the syllabus and it gives the students a sense of comfort because the policies and assignments are there in front of them from day one. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Defining Intelligence

Robert, I like this approach to problem solving because it makes sense and easy to understand. The more experience the students have in these three areas the better prepared they are going to be when they step out into the real world and are in charge. It is at this time they have to have the ability to think critically and problem solve or they won't be there long. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Critical Thinker Characteristics

Jeanne, I like your newspaper exercise because it gets the students to thinking about how and what is being presented. The more refinement they can bring to their thought process the better they are going to be at problem solving. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Using Graphic Organizers

Claire, Thank you for sharing this resource with us. I know many of us will benefit from exploring this site. For students that have trouble visualizing components or organizing their notes graphic organizers are a life save. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Making Instruction Relevant

Claire, Two words need to be a part of our instructional planning. Relevancy which is what you have commented on and application. Seeing the relevancy of the content and then making application of it reinforces value and ROI for students. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.

Gary Meers, Ed.D.

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Teaching to Multiple Intelligences

Claire, This is a important point that is often overlooked as we educate the masses with assembly line methods. The more we can customize our instruction the more effective we will be with our outcomes. In my research over the years I have develop an assessment of the different intelligences of students. The assessment is called the Talent Key. The assessment draws out the three most dominant intelligences that the students have. Then we develop instructional activities that focus on those three dominants. Many career colleges are using the Talent Key with their students and have had great results because… >>>

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