Understanding Student Characteristics | Origin: ED102
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Student Retention Methods --> Understanding Student Characteristics
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
I have learned that there will be students of all ages, culture diversities, as well as the different fears each student will have. It will be my job as their instructor to carefully communicate with each age difference so that I can reach everyone but on different levels. I will have to learn each student's disability and handicap so that no one will feel inadequate in the class setting.
how to attend to the individual needs of each student and keep each learning type engaged and encouraged in the learning process
How to accommodate the varying needs of students coming from different backgrounds and with different life experiences. This will be a very large hurdle to overcome in a classroom at a university like ECPI. There will be a lot more diversity than in a traditional setting. Using the student's backgrounds as a starting point for discussion will be helpful.
Students have different backgrounds and challenges. As an instructor I need to be accommodate for each of them reasonably so.
I have learned that students have different backgrounds and learning needs, so teaching should be supportive and focused on real-world relevance. I plan to guide students with encouragement while promoting independence and professionalism.
Each student has their own specific needs of learning. Talking to them individually will help you understand what their needs are to be a success in school
Understanding that students of different ages have different needs
Teaching a classroom of students where their ages, personalities, personal problems and how the handle their emotions with others in a classroom setting will be challenging. I see the teacher's role will be to defuse, then get back to teaching.
Communicating with the students helps to better understand their way of learning and understanding students by seeing things from their point of view is beneficial for the instructor and students.
I understand that I can use many different methods when communicating and educating my students.
I have learned that there are many ways to motivate and support student success. Understanding their background and life skills can assist me in providing training specific to their style of learning.
I have learned again what has been my biggest challenge, which is age diversity That section was very informative in teaching a new instructor how to handle the differences that take place because of the huge age diversity in the workplace. It can be a very distracting and conformational situation is allowed to escalate. As an instructor you need to recognize the differences of opinions and ideas and be able to adapt it into your teachings As well as pairing them up based on age difference,
I’ve learned that dotage groups have different ways of learning, and how to find a way around that will help all of them
Knowing individual students' goals and motivations will help tailor methodologies to teach more effectively
All students will share some characteristics, and differ in others. The instructor must take into account the different educational, social, and life experiences of the individual to keep them on the path to learning.
I have learned that students have different needs and we as instructors should listen and learn those needs because students learn better when they can relate some of their own life experiences into the lesson.
i learned about students characteristics and category learning styles prior knowledge and motivations can effect how students learn
I learned that treating students as a unique learners will help me teach a whole class.
To teach as a group, while considering each student is an individual learner
