Vonda Muhammad

Vonda Muhammad

Location: ontario, ca

About me

Hi, I'm a Simulation instructor for BSN program in Ontario CA. I enjoy being an instructor in simulation because it gives you the freedom to engage students in a livelier atmosphere than in a class room setting. Students interact more freely also. They are nervous, scarced, and apprehensive in the beginning but after performing all of  that is gone and they express how they enjoyed the experience.  

Interests

working with people and sports and family

Activity

I just recently had a learning experince while teaching. I learned something about my teaching that I think I was not getting information across to my students. I was teaching one cohort after another 'how to round' (numbers). Yes, I had to teach college students how to round numbers. Sound crazy. Well not form the cultural perspecitve.

I learned that maybe, just maybe, not all cultures of the world teach rounding in elementary school like I learned. And maybe, just maybe other culture find no use for rounding. So I've changed my attitude toward teaching it and i hope that… >>>

Discussion Comment

Reply to John Bryan's post:

Well John, they may not have signe up to relearn English; but do they know the part of the English that invlovles speaking and writting? What do I mean?

Any lanuage, not just English, I'm sure is considered an art form used in communicating. Without the tool of communication the human family would probably not be able to exist. I've recently learned that words can be used in so many different ways and in general, folks sometimes speak incorrectly. Parsing words is new to me and when I learned about it; it blew me… >>>

My teaching style is...I don't know if there is a name for it. I provide the students with the content; give examples to show revelance and then if the thought of an experience I've had that relates I'll add that to it too. I speak to the level of the class. In teaching nursing students; though they come in all ages; most are young adults and so I relate to them like you sons their age. I give them more than just nursing; I also add in life experiences that the content can relate to as well. For example; "the… >>>

I am from the south and i usually turn it around and blame it on my southern/country accent and how we have a tendency to say words differently. I value a person's name and often tell them that I like to call them what their momma's named them. a name is more precious that gold--Right.

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