Feel the subject and the student
If the instructor wants to be effective in transferring the knowledge, they must feel the knowledge they share and feel the ones they share it with. That seems to be the catalyst for a successful learning environment. In the classroom one of the ingredients are missing, the feeling for the subject matter or the feelings for the students. How can one achieve both if the work environment does not really cultivate those qualities?
Monique
Students will always recognize and know if the instructor is not feeling it. Meaning if he or she is not caring about what he or she is teaching or discussing. An instructor who is just going over the motions of talking about the lesson will be looking and sounding uninteresting and boring lacking that positive energy.The instructor's body language and voice intonations will reveal his emotional state and integrity.
Juanito,
Yes, students catch on to more than we think they do. We always need to be at the top of our game.
Philip Campbell
