Teaching Personal Interaction | Origin: ED205
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Enhancing Students' Professional Skills --> Teaching Personal Interaction
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Having students do presentations and make presentations could enhance students communication skills. I will have students' make and present their projects to classmates or the entire class.
TEAMWORK MAKES THE DRAM WORK! True statement. I understand the importance of teamwork students are inspired and more confident as a team. This module is confirmation that as a team students can comprehend and retain information.
I learned the importance of working together and strengthening interpersonal skills. Communication skills, including verbal, written, and nonverbal, are valuable tools for individuals to utilize in team exercises. These techniques encompass various learning styles, including visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic learning. Body language and active listening are great tools to have in your toolbox. Having team projects and utilizing the skills that some team members are proficient in, while others will learn from each other. This is a tool that all will use daily.
Working in a group setting is important, as people often have to work with others when it comes to the work environment. Being able to navigate the implicit and explicit social cues is just one aspect of the job, and equally as important as the technical skills needed behind it.
This reminded me how important it is to teach students not just what to say, but how to say it—and how to really listen. I’ll make more space in my classroom for group work, active listening practice, and helping students understand their own and others’ learning styles to build stronger, more collaborative teams.
Many students dislike teamwork. Perhaps they have had bad expereinces with group work in previous classes. The fact is that no matter the profession, teamwork is critical for success. As a teacher, it is imperative that group projects are woven in to each course. One way to do that is to create projects where each member must present their part and then the team must display their project as a whiole. This will decrease the complaint that some members did not participate.
As an instructor it is my job to promote teamwork. Teamwork assignments are graded on both team participation but also individual participation which ensures that all students are involved equally.
I think working in teams is very challenging in the classroom, and really requires some modeling for the students to observe first how to solve problems and hold eachother accountable. "Telling" students each of their roles doesn't teach them the necessity of figuring this out now because you'll use it at work too!
Differentiation is important in a classroom setting. Many students are successful when I meet them where they're at and acknowledge their abilities and needs.
Teamwork is a critical element in the business world; students should be given opportunities to work on team projects.
- The importance of learning the different learning styles of the students and teaching them to how to do the same for their classmates.
- Understanding how to give feedback (positive or negative) and the way to frame it so that it is constructive.
- How to build interpersonal skills of the students through presentations.
Having students work in teams but having an individual assessment can be one way of assuring more equal participation
My students do 70% of their work as groups of 3 or 4 and the other 30% is done on there own so they get the team feeling as well as independence.
Presentations and learning how to give and receive feedback are vital to building students confidence both personally and academically.
"The ability to interact effectively with others is crucial". This can be developed by use of class discussions & presentations, as well as working in groups. Discuss with students the 4 Basic learning styles in order to understand other people's learning style (visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic).
I encourage students to share their experiences as a group and allow them to offer solutions to any problem that arises during discussions. I also find it essential to acknowledge that each student learns differently.
I think for me, my take away from this module has been the importance of group projects in exposing students to dynamics of teamwork. I am going to change allowing students to always work with the same people in class. I am going to have them mix up the groups every time we do an activity that requires group interactions.
These are things that I focus on in my Business Communications course; I plan to touch on them in my other classes as well.
The importance of recognizing and accommodating different learning styles among students is an effective way to connect and communicate with students. I recommend explaining learning styles, identify learning styles, adapt instruction, and foster collaboration. Creating a more inclusive and effective learning environment where all students can reach their full potential.
