Intermediate Teaching Skills | Origin: ED151
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Developing Highly Effective Teaching Skills --> Intermediate Teaching Skills
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In this module, I learned that effective teaching is rooted in two essential goals: strengthening learners’ confidence and gradually fostering their independence. When instructors intentionally nurture a student’s belief in their own abilities while also knowing when to step back and let them take ownership of their learning, they help students progress through Maslow’s hierarchy—from meeting foundational needs to ultimately reaching self‑actualization. This perspective reinforces that teaching is not only about delivering content, but about empowering students to grow, take risks, and trust themselves. I plan to apply this by creating a classroom environment that supports confidence-building, encourages autonomy, and allows students to develop the skills and mindset needed to thrive independently.
The importance of the teaching methods we used to help students understand the lesson. Helping them find the answer instead of giving them the answer will improve their confidence and achieve their independence on the subject.
Its important to dig deeper into things like questioning techniques, intuition, and helping students think for themselves instead of just following directions. By asking better questions, staying flexible, and creating moments where students can connect the dots on their own.
Engaging and being receptive to students on an individualist basis can meet Maslow's Hierarchy of needs for the student, build their confidence, feel seen and lead to success
It seems these softer methods of successful teaching could be seen as non-traditional since they focus little on the content and the responsibilities of the student to learn and more on the teacher's role to support the student and to facilitate the learning through careful thought and compassion.
