Good ideas to practice for improve my future.
I especially took notice to the technique of moving your position int the room, judging from my personal experiences with military training and post secondary education. The podium instructor tends to bore the class making it hard to retain information. After reading this i realized that the instructors that moved around the room forced the attention to move with the instructor. So case in point as you are talking then a slide change happens it forces the class to readjust and change focus, inadvertently engaging the brain to pay attention. Its also a good tool to neutralized a disruption or distraction as I've experienced personally .
Having inattentive and students with short attention spans is a real thing. I know the course mentions how some of this might be because the student does not see relevancy in the information but I do think it’s a bigger issue. I try to do as much active learning in my class as possible because after 5-10 minutes I lose half the class. I will try some of the techniques outline to see if it helps.
I have learned different ways to handle student behaviors.
There's different ways to keep the students engage, by asking them to give presentations, or calling on them to answer questions, and even moving the students from the back of the class to the front of the class.
I learned the why behind some student behaviors and reasons students may be falling behind.
Being consistent/following up on assignments, including all students in discussions, and helping students own the responsibility for completing assignments.
I have had a few students try to bully the class, but instead of accepting their behavior I would talk to them with assistance from counselors. Talked to them as a group, and then separated the group into having individuals be part of other teams and problem went away. Sometimes dealing with PTSD service personnel can be a bit exhausting, but after having similar techniques of sitting with a counselor, discussing methods to the problem, then working in separate teams the student becomes more involved and does not feel excluded or like an outsider.
Learnt how to manage a class . Dealing with inattentive students and different strategies to get all the students participate in the classroom discussions and activities.
I really appreciate the comments about uninterested and potential drop out risk students. This is helping me currently as I have a student that falls into this category. I love the bring in a guest speaker idea and am currently brainstorming on doing just that.
Getting to know your students can give an instructor insight into why they are displaying challenging behavior. Instructors must be firm and fair and create strategies that enforce respect for the students time and contributions as well as requiring respect for the instructors time.
Very good insight I have each of these students in my class. I like the stratgegies to address theses behaviors as well
It is challenging to work with these students but you have to keep them active and accountable for.
The "use it wisely" method seems to be what i've been looking for. I plan to use this with the next class to shift the dynamic and give equal amount of shine for each student. Normally we find out who the "center of the stage student" is during the ice breaking stage. This will be a useful tool of engagement.
I like the idea of rotating the seating arrangements.
Giving real life application of the information you are teaching can help students to better understand why what is being taught is important and relevant to them.
I appreciate the tips given on how to manage and navigate these types of students in the classroom and how to approach them one one one.
The information on how to handle disruptive and inattentive students is very helpful. It is useful to use body language during the lecture to incorporate the students into the conversation. I like the idea of a minute paper to test the attentiveness of the students during the lecture. The problem of over achievers in class can cause bad morale for the other students and it is good to have methods to control their contributions by giving them additional purpose or limiting them through question cards.
I really enjoyed this section of the course, because it helped give me a bit more insight into certain students and types of students, and recognize what I can and can't do to help them while maintaining the integrity of the course for everyone.
Approaching inattentive students seems to almost work, for the short term. I like the idea of having the students move seats if they continuously revert to going back on their devices upon moving away from them. In addition the idea of the cards for the center stage students seems like a great way to curtail their constant speaking without shutting them down altogether.
