Intermediate Teaching Skills | Origin: ED151
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Developing Highly Effective Teaching Skills --> Intermediate Teaching Skills
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Student-centered learning incorporates intuitive abilities. Emotional Intelligence is a must for instructors. It is okay to make mistakes, be human. It is okay to show the students that we as humans can not possibly know everything.
Intuition, introspection, self-awareness, and the ability to read the room are important factors in effective teaching, allowing instructors to recognize students’ needs and create a more supportive learning environment.
This reinforces the importance of building students' confidence and helping them become more independent learners. I plan to continue finding ways to encourage students to think critically, problem-solve, and take ownership of their learning.
I learned to use my teacher's intuition, gained over my decades of teaching, as a tool to understand where students may be at, whether it relates to their fashion choices, the way they may be fidgeting in class, or a more tepid response to a question.
Just being aware of how a student is posting or acting in your class is more than half of the battle. We need to be aware of when something external is effecting their ability to progress and find the best way to support that.
Asking students what they would like more information on regarding the lesson, or how I can better explain the information so that they really understand. Making a classroom environment where the students feel safe to ask questions.
This was a good summary of the importance of soft skills and instructor flexibility. Each class and each individual student is different and a variety of teaching methods is needed. The challenge and fun of teaching is identifying what is needed to reach the class and individual students and seeing the results as they learn the subject.
Connecting with students is a combination of academic and awareness of the emotional state of class and individual students. Developing rapport with your students help them to not be afraid to fail.
Soft skills for the classroom are developed over time. They foster a learning environment and lead to student success. Tapping into those skills makes instructors more effective.
I been around long enough to have developed a keen sense of intuition. I don't always follow it, but I should because it is almost always right. Treating others the way I like to be treated is a much the same.
Developing intuition whether it comes naturally or from years of experience is the one of the keys to being a successful instructor. Knowing your students from the start. It is a bonding experience.
I had a great teacher that, when he learned that I planned to major in education, told me: "If you're going to teach for 30 years, then teach 30 years. Don't teach one year 30 times." Clinging to "tradition" in teaching is not an effective strategy. As I look back, my willingness to try new things and constantly seek new ways of doing things has kept me fresh, passionate about what I do and has made me a stronger learner as well as instructor.
Foster an environment where students are engaged through thought provoking questions.
I have to understand and embrace the idea that we can learn from our students, and hope that the students we are teaching will eventually know more about the subject matter than we do.
What is one thing from the lesson plan that you are fuzzy about? Generate more discussion.
I learned that that instead of saying my objective at the beginning of class I can say at the end of the lesson that way the students can see the lesson unfold.
The attribute of introspective, integrating skilled questioning in the classroom, using intuition and encouraging students who are doubtful about doing something, corroborate the fact that effective learning goes beyond simply delivering content. It involves creating an environment where students feel valued, supported and motivated to learn. Incorporating these skills lead to a more energetic, and receptive classroom, nurturing a classroom of inquiry and collaboration
Intuition and reading the room is very important to effectively teaching to each and every student.
I want to be able to read the room better. I can tell when students are struggling and I really like the idea of asking "what areas in this topic are still fuzzy" instead of asking "are there any questions."
