Nadine Chiasson

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I was chocked by this myth. I am a program coordinator at my school and i have done your course on Learning Styles (which i don't remember the number) to now learn it's complitely wrong! I will have to readress this "learning" with my teachers.

Nadine Chiasson

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Centre d'aide en francais (CAF)

Taking this course reminded me of a very helpful course I took while doing my BA in Education/major in French.

The accredited course consisted of tutoring other university students struggling in (written) french classes. We had a center called CAF where a supervisor and reference books were at our disposition on specific hours and where we held one-on-one tutoring with a few students assigned to us. We had the responsibility of creating a lesson plan with a series of homework targeting their specific needs/difficulties. The learning service was an invaluable experience which was beneficial to both me as a future… >>>

Nadine Chiasson

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Critical thinking

I find that our new generation of students demonstrate very poor critical thinking, and that common sense is no longer common!! As a teacher, it's challenging to develop such a "critical skill" over such a short period of time. Parents are the first teachers of our future professionals. They are accountable for stimulating and developing the way their offspring think and create from a very young age. But, I love what I do, and with all the different methods discussed in this course, I try my best to teach them the importance of improving their "soft skills", such as critical… >>>

Nadine Chiasson

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Finding the time...

I understand the importance of social media in this day and age, but frankly, I find it time consuming to keep it updated, hence efficient as a learning tool. Specially as role model, I do not want to take on a task that I will not be able to manage successfully. But, I greatly admire the one who can. ;)

Nadine Chiasson

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Simply being a very good instructor will most likely provide...

... your students with: The correct answer according to the quiz is B. Intrinsic. I disagree. I believe it's both. As we learned, most external motivators are: instructor's emphasis on the relevance of a lesson, helpful/supportive feedback, extra-curriculum activities, grades, prizes and handshakes, all provided by the instructor. Therefore, why doesn't "simply being a very good instructor" provide both?