In order to keep your classroom, teaching methods fresh and interesting....you're always implementing different teaching methods.
I think that changing up the lesson plan mid way through a term or semester can help stimulate the students. It is true, that midway throught a term, the students are exhausted and they have difficulty with motivation to learn. I liked learning about the "crisis game". Very interesting and I will also incorporate this into my teaching tools.
Reignite the fire for learning the subject by real life experiences that I have encountered and how I resolved them then ask for feedback on what they think about my solution you'll learn from them and yourself nobody is to old to learn something new
The REFOCUS tool. It assists us to be creative and reflect on our achievements.
The key points to rapport are trust and understanding of others' concerns..,. if you can manage those two things, students will see you as someone they can trust and believe you have a genuine concern for their success in your class.
I really enjoyed this section. Reminders that as faculty we need to recharge and focus to ensure excitment about our cotent is important. In addition, I really liked the idea of a mid-course inventory to learn what the students are retaining. This could help inform the second half of the course.
I thought this section was interesting!
I appreciated the REFOCUS tool and plan to definitely incorporate it, particularly in the longer courses.
When planning your presentations make sure to introduce change, variety, and even surprises into your lessons so your students will stay interested and engaged.
It's challenging to think of exciting ways to explore and teach material, but the students will enjoy it because it's totally unexpected. Changing teaching methods is very creative and exhausting.
I enjoyed learning ideas to encourage rapport in the classroom such as encouraging trust, respect, and identification of common goals. It is also important to remind students of why they chose this program such as having them write down why they choose their career on a 3x5 card.
I had never heard about REFOCUS before. But I found this to be useful and plan to utilize it in my classes.
Ive learned that the second half of the course we're teaching can become tedious for the student. Therefore, withhout implementing variety in our style, the students may lose motivation and interst. I will approach this by applying the "Re-focus" method and also keeping the students envolved by acknowledging their progress and telling them personal stories within the field which will help them relate to them and ultimately regain their motivation and attention.
I think it is natural for students to get too comfortable during mid-phase. It is good to know that as instructors, we have a fair amount of control over that situation. It is important to keep the students focused and motivated.
I learned the word "Learnativity". It's a reminder to me that both the instructor and student have to take an active role so as to move the learner from novice to expert.s
I like the simulation. We do that in nursing already, but what a great idea to add a situation to class groups to break up the monotony of lectures. Mixing the learning strategies makes for variety and more memorable learning.
Reply to Christopher Brown's post: Great point you mentioned. I believe this is a fear for many of us who teaches or fascilitaes the learning of the students. By overcoming our fears and by acceptance of "To Err Is Human" we can become a confident instructor.
Reply to Jacob Pope's post: Yes Jacob, I didnt know the strategies either. very interesting and I am sure they work for each class perfectly.
I enjoyed every line of this course so far. The course is very needed especially at this time when we all do online teaching. I am going to use 3X5 cards for their assessment on the assignment and will definitely tell them stories related to the subject every now and then. I loved the idea of refocus strategies and will use them for my class.
1. Stay excited and enthusiastic in teaching
2. Be prepared to use different styles of instruction/technique
3. Embrace mid evaluations to adapt to learner needs
