Ensuring the physiologic needs of your students are met is a good start to help in the use of the Maslow's Heiracchy of needs in their career education.
Students come in many shapes, sizes, and backgrounds. It is the professor's job to identify what students need in order to be successful. We need to meet students where they are and help them achieve their goals regardless of their identity, ability or disability, and cultural background.
Student groups can be varied, this includes variation in age, experience, culture, dis-similar backgrounds, learning styles, and measurement of success. It is prudent and of great importance that the instructor articulates clearly, the goals and objectives of the course, what is expected and how to get there.
I learned that understanding student needs is really important for helping them succeed and stay in the program. Students have intrinsic needs, like wanting to learn skills and feel competent, and extrinsic needs, like feeling safe, comfortable, and recognized in the classroom.
I’ll apply this by making sure my students feel supported both personally and academically—creating a safe, welcoming environment, showing them how the skills they’re learning connect to real-world success, and recognizing their efforts along the way. This should help keep them motivated and engaged.
The struggles of our learners may not be something obvious but it's necessary to understand our students in order to help them succeed.
Adult learners have specific career goals and would like to relate their life experiences to their learning. It is ok to listen to student problems and try to help them but do not allow them to obstruct the instruction process.
I learned the importance of tailoring learning to adults by valuing their life experience in discussions. Planning ahead and letting them express what works for them is key to their success.
the better I understand the students "why" for being there the better I will be able to effectively reach them as an instructor.
Getting to know a little about each student and adjusting the program material to work for the majority of the students. Addressing extrinsic needs of students, the classroom, will take away one obstacle to help students learn more easily.
Every student has specific needs and learning styles. Its important for me, as an instructor, to understand those needs and try to tech the lesson according to their style of learning so that they can better retain the information being presented.
After reviewing the material on understanding student characteristics, I learned how important it is to recognize that every student comes into the classroom with different experiences, learning styles, and levels of confidence. Some students may be hands-on learners, while others learn better through reading, discussion, or visual demonstrations. As instructors, it is important that we recognize these differences so that we can create an environment where all students have the opportunity to succeed.
i feel like with me i want to show my students that i am here for them and to always ask questions cause i still ask them and that i am here for them
That being knowledgeable and prepared are very important in adult education
In coaching we speak about seeing the client and seeing as the client. In adult education this means not only recognizing who the learner is, with their history, pressures, culture, and lived experience, but also stepping inside their frame of reference long enough to understand how the material looks and feels from their side of the screen. When we teach adults this way, learning shifts from information delivery to meaningful engagement, because we are responding to a real person rather than an abstract role called student.
From this module, I have learned that I will need to take special care to tailor learning to adult learners
Adult learners bring invaluable experience to the table. Much of their life knowledge is applicable, and adaptable, to be utilized in class discussions, and will help validate their acquired skills. Validation will help boost morale, increase relatability, and improve retention and success rates.
Helping the students in the classroom or clinical area is rewarding especially when the students acknowledge how much the help mattered.
The learning needs of the students matter and also providing the needs for their success is important. Coming with a plan before each class and letting them talk and express what helps them learn I find is helpful.
I understand as an instructor the students need direction but letting them be independent and think is important for the basis of their learning needs. Every student has different learning needs but it is good to set a presidence for the students learning styles.
You gotta see through your student's eyes to relate to them. Everybody's going through something, understand, but don't complain with them. Remember, you're the professional side....
