Basic Teaching Skills II | Origin: ED151
This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:
Developing Highly Effective Teaching Skills --> Basic Teaching Skills II
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
There are both formal and informal ways to communicate with students. While always remaining professional, the instructor can develop a good rapport with students by conducting informal teaching sessions.
Caring for students must also be met with accountability; otherwise, the learning process can become compromised.
When you love what you do, the enthusiasm naturally comes through in your teaching and can inspire students to become more engaged and excited about learning.
Being passionate about the subjects we teach and doing so in a compassionate way ensures students stay engaged, feel open to exploring, and continue to feel motivated about their own passion for the subject matter, lessons, and projects.
Being compassionate and listening to a student it key. Our day to day gets drowned out by constant excuses, or in the most part, silence. When a student does speak up, we need to take the time to listen and evaluate the situation.
Connecting with students individually, and checking in with them regularly to address their individual concerns and questions. Working with each student to genuinely show care.
It was a good review of the importance of truly connecting with the individual students, showing that as instructors we genuinely care about them and want them to succeed in class and in their lives.
I have had the pleasure with working with Teens. They don't care how much you know, till they know how much you care.Comment on Michael Sliman's post:
I loved the example of Steve Irwin. It's hard to remain passionate on difficult days, but keep with it, and it becomes infectious.
I'm passionate about aircraft maintenance, learning new things. Being good at whatever I choose to do. I was an excellent student. Would like to think I still am. I love it even when I hate it when it comes to aircraft. That said, at the end of the day we need to be practicing what we are preaching. These courses were design for us non instructor types to learn some important aspects of being an instructor. Being pushed at an extra fast pace, and feeling like I'm not doing enough, even though I know I am, isn't inspiring confidence in my decision to take this position. Patients? Frustrations? If I make it through. I will always treat people like I would like to be treated with empathy and respect.
Passion is the reason that I am going through all of this training to become an instructor. To instruct students that want to learn about aircraft maintenance. I love aircraft maintenance and airplanes of all kinds. Because of my passion I will be a very good instuctor. I can't wait to be in the classroom with the students.
The best teachers have passion for their subject. The best math professors I ever had in college were the ones who were excited to teach and show us things that they thought were interesting. The worst were the faculty who approached teaching as a gatekeeping measure as if it were up to them to decide who was worthy to move to the next level and who was not. While assessment is part of an instructor's job, they wore their 60% fail/withdraw rates as a badge of honor believing that their terrible reputations were actually boosting respect among the students.
Many people have asked about my teaching philosophy. I always refer back to this quote:
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Initial connections can formulate either way; positive or negative. What is the culture of the student?
Effective instructors know that genuine personal interaction can improve student academic and personal lives.
I learned that the showing compassion is really good in helping students grow.
I was particularly drawn to the statement' Highly effective instructors know that they are not teaching one class of 20 students; they are teaching 20 classes with one student in each.' This reinforces the importance of differentiated instructions and the detection that each student has unique needs, learning styles and backgrounds. For example, some students may learn best through visual aid, while others may prefer hands on activities or auditory instruction. An effective instructor identifies these differences and adjusts their teaching strategies accordingly. At the beginning of the course, I will distribute surveys to gather information about students' interests, learning styles, academic background and any specific challenges they face. This data will help me understand the diverse needs of my students. I will also implement lesson plans that incorporate a variety of teaching methods e.g. lectures, group work, hands on activities and multimedia resources to cater to different learning styles
Having a class with 20 students isn't one class with 20 students, it's 20 classes with 1 student.
I want to make an effort to connect with each student, so they know I am there to help them succeed.
