Ways to Promote Student Empowerment | Origin: ED144
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Student Empowerment for Learning Success --> Ways to Promote Student Empowerment
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Encouragement can go along way for student empowerment
Group activities are strongly encouraged along with, it's ok to bring technology into the classroom besides what's in their curriculum.
I often ask them how best they've been able to learn a task (whether it was school or not). Then I challenge them to apply a similar strategy to their subject. Giving them a nudge towards tools without just giving it to them allows them to discover the best path. Discovery leads to more engagement and personal responsibility.
Promote technology and other avenues of learning. I always like to recommend YouTube videos as an additional resource or learning method.
I find that some instructors have a feeling of insecurity when they acknowledge that they have to ask students to assist them with technology, but I think it is a great asset. For example there can be a student who barely speaks but knows technology. That would be the student any instructor would want to get technological help. By doing so would give the student to be brave, and master his/her craft.
Active learning increases confidence and improves interacting skills.
Though I don't agree on allowing technology in class; I have seen it abused and disruptive on many levels gone wrong more so in the majority then minority. I do see the need and advantage of technology in the educational level.
I can promote group activities that will increase the learning experience.
Students become empowered in the classroom through repetition of communications and by working with familiar technology. Instructors should allow students to use their devices for educational learning. I promote asking why in my clinical rotation and allow the students to google the facts they need to further their education. We have a wealth of knowledge in our hands each day and learning to research for education is just part of being modern.
Each student is going. to learn differently and at heir own pace identifying each students strengths and weakness and using that to build there confidence in passing course . whether they pay attention to their peers or the instructor can reach each student in different ways without taking too much from the class
Students should be encouraged to participate in the classroom as an active learner. Active learning increases confidence and improves interacting skills.
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I can promote group activities that will increase the learning experience.
This course taught me that the students need to be empowered to be active learners in the class room rather than passive learners. To prevent students to use technology in the class room nowadays is close to impossible in this new system of learning / education. It is rather advisable to involve students and encourage them to explore all variety of resources to gain knowledge.
Use of technology can be very empowering for students. I plan on using it much more.
Have to be able to relate to the current generation utilizing technological tools to interest and empower them
Students know more about technology than I do!
Students will always need encourgement and need to feel valued and feel like they can be successful.
keeping students engaged with their own experiences
It is very hard for me to find icebreakers that don't feel cheesy and forced. I try to incorporate getting to know my students and building rapport in different ways.
