Essential Teaching Strategies | Origin: ED405
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Essential Teaching Strategies
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I will try more independent learning to allow the students to be active in their learning and active!
I plan on trying more interactive ideas in the classroom and researching all the different modalities available and dial in on even more creativity!!
One of the biggest things I have learned from my Essentials of Teaching course is the importance of strategically planning and being creative when developing my classes. I have learned that researching new topics and finding different ways to engage students can make learning more meaningful. I also see the value in accepting feedback and learning from other professionals and instructors at the college. By sharing ideas and learning different approaches, I can continue to improve how I plan, organize, and teach my classes. Overall, this course has shown me that effective teaching is an ongoing learning process
My biggest takeaway from this course is that being able to use the best strategy to reach the students is a reflective choice. There is no "one size fits all", as each class and the students are different and require the best use of the tools in our toolbox and tool belt to reach them. I learned that taking the time to reflect on what teaching method can best be utilized works out for the best for each individual class is worth the time spent and better able for students to grasp the contents of the course.
Some of these methods are already present in the online portion of our classes such as case study assessments. I do give real life scenarios in class as well as implementing many of the other strategies presented in this course. I will begin to be more intentional with planning when to use certain strategies discussed.
I implement these strategies depending on the class and the educational material. I liked how he described making changes and suggestions for implementing them in class.
great ideas ,and new way of learning
I have learned that effective teaching requires a balance of instruction, demonstration, hands-on practice, and student interaction.
I wrote down some ideas of how I can use these new teaching methods in my class!
Essential teaching strategies include direct, interactive, and independent instruction to support different learning needs. In a culinary lab, I would demonstrate skills, have students practice together, then let them complete tasks on their own. This helps build confidence and real kitchen skills.
Although I am familiar with most of these methods, a few, like "Catch up" were new to me. It was helpful to have direct and indirect instruction broken down so clearly. I really like the concept maps and although I am familiar with them, it occurred to me to use them in a new way after watching the video.
This lesson helped me to understand the why behind some of the teaching strategies I use. As a non traditional teacher, I have been given these strategies and just told to use them. Now I know why and how it is effective in the classroom. This lesson also provided me with new strategies such as Webquests and Fishbowl.
I realized that while I do use a lot of the strategies discussed, that slowing down and really building some more intentionality behind them and better parameters is so important. This lesson really helped me take a pause and reflect on how I can be more mindful in how I use them in my classroom and gave new ideas to implement. It is so important to have a diverse set of classroom strategies to keep the classroom engaging and meet the variety of needs of our learners and this gave me a lot to think on as I move forward.
I currently use many of the teaching strategies listed in this module., specifically case studies, concept maps, simulation. I find that these methods work well in nursing education.
From this module, I learned how essential it is to use intentional, student-centered strategies to keep learners engaged. I now better understand how active learning helps students connect concepts and think critically. I plan to apply these strategies by incorporating short discussions, quick case-based examples, and frequent check-ins for understanding. I will also work on creating an inclusive environment where all students feel comfortable participating and learning
I like the idea of having students write down their questions instead of the instructor just asking if they have any questions. They probably do have questions even though they don’t end up asking.
I was already using the fishbowl technique by asking questions to the group to let them work on coming up with the correct solution as a team but never thought enough to give this technique a name like "fishbowl"
I liked the interactive assignment ideas
Although it may be scary to students, independent assignments are a good thing!
