Introductions

Expectations
Agenda for this week
Instructing Instructors How to Teach
Building a Course Using Blooms Taxonomy
Effective Teaching Strategies for Adults
Preparing for the first class
Assessment and Evaluation of Student Learning
Agenda for Next Week
Standard American English: Pronunciation and
Accent Reduction
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Todays Topics

1. Effective Teaching Environment

2. Effective Presentation
3. Motivating Students
4. Dealing With Disengaged Students

GOOD TEACHING:
THE TOP TEN
REQUIREMENTS
1. Good teaching is as much about
passion as it is about reason
2. Good teaching is about substance
and treating students as consumers of
knowledge
3. Good teaching is about listening,
questioning, being responsive, and
remembering that each student and
class is different

GOOD TEACHING: THE TOP TEN

REQUIREMENTS (Cont)
4. Good teaching is about not always
having a fixed agenda and being rigid,
but being flexible, experimenting,
fluid, and having the confidence and
flexibility to react and adjust to
changing circumstances
5. Good teaching is also about style
6. Very important -- good teaching is
about humor

GOOD TEACHING: THE TOP TEN

REQUIREMENTS (Cont)
7. Good teaching is about caring,
nurturing, and developing minds and
talents
8. Good teaching is supported by strong
and visionary leadership, and very
tangible institutional support

GOOD TEACHING: THE TOP TEN

REQUIREMENTS (Cont)

9. Good teaching is about mentoring

between senior and junior faculty,
teamwork, and being recognized and
promoted by one's peers
10. At the end of the day, good teaching
is about having fun

What can we do on the first day of

class?
What should we do?
1. Involve students quickly
2. Identify the value and importance
of the subject
3. Set expectations
4. Establish rapport
5. Reveal something about yourself
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What can we do on the first day of

class?
What should we do?
6. Establish your own credibility
7. Establish the "climate" for the class
8. Provide administrative information
9. Introduce the subject matter.
10. Find common ground
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Effective Presentation
Preparation
1. Plan Your Presentation Carefully
2. Know Your Audience
3. Practice Your Presentation
4. Speak Comfortably and Clearly
5. Talk to Your Audience
6. Enjoy Your Presentation

Effective Presentation (Cont)

Effective Slides
1. Include Any Necessary Information
2. Slide Contents Should be Self Evident
3. Avoid mega data slides
4. Seven words a line, seven lines a slide

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Effective Presentation (Cont)

Graphics
1. Present information graphically
2. Art can illustrate a point
3. Graphics need to be big and bold

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Effective Presentation (Cont)

Template
1. Use a template for your slides
2. Template provide design
3. Use the right colors
4. Logo in bottom right corner
5. Limit use of colors
6. Font size communicate importance

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Motivating Students
1. Capitalize on students' existing needs
2. Make students active participants in
learning
3. Ask students to analyze what makes
their classes more or less "motivating.
4. Synthesize your presentation and
class discussion based on your
analysis.
5. Evaluate and modify as needed.

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Incorporating Instructional
Behaviors That Motivate
Students

1. Hold high but realistic expectations for your

students. Challenge them; build their curiosity.
2. Help students set achievable goals for themselves
3. Tell students what they need to do to succeed in
your course
4. Strengthen students' self-motivation
5. Avoid creating intense competition among
students
6. Be enthusiastic about your subject, and show it14

Structuring the Course to

Motivate Students
1. Work from students' strengths,
Interests, and curiosities.
2. When possible, let students have some
say in choosing what will be studied
3. Increase the difficulty of the material as
the semester progresses
4. Vary your teaching methods often
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Structuring the Course to

Motivate Students (cont.)

5. Have discussion groups where you find

common ground on the new topic. Ask the
groups of four students to define a topic you
will introduce.
Example: What do you think are five important
characteristics of a business leader? (for a
basic management class)
Give the students 5 minutes to get acquainted,
10 minutes to come up with five
characteristics.
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Structuring the Course to

Motivate Students (cont.)

Then, ake 10 minutes and call randomly on

students to report from their discussion
groups what they listed and discuss which
are most important. See the overlap in
groups. As instructor, be prepared to add
some characteristics that were not
mentioned.

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Structuring the Course to

Motivate Students (cont.)

6. Use topics in conjunction with current

events. Using leadership as an example,
have students compare Ex-President
George W. Bushs leadership style with
President Barack Obamas leadership style.
Or, Steve Jobs of Apple with Larry Ellison
of Oracle.

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De-emphasizing Grades
1. Emphasize mastery and learning
rather than grades
2. Design tests that encourage the kind
of learning you want students to
achieve
3. Avoid using grades as threats
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De-emphasizing Grades (cont.)

4. Grades should reflect accomplishment in

learning the material and developing the
behavior that will be successful in the
workplace.
Focus on:
Turning in homework on time, Using the
proper format, and Following directions.
Offer challenges in the assignments not
just busy work. Students see through it.
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Motivating Students by
Responding to Their Work
1. Give students useful feedback as
quickly as possible.
2. Introduce students to the good work
done by their peers.
3. Be specific when giving negative
feedback. Use the indirect approach.
4. Avoid demeaning comments
5. Avoid giving in to students' pleas for
"the answer" to homework problems.
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Motivating Students to Do the Readin

1. Assign the reading and homework at least
two sessions before it will be discussed.
2. Assign critical thinking and study questions.
3. If your class is small, have students turn in
brief notes on the day's reading that they can
use during exams.
4. Ask nonthreatening questions about the
reading or in a quiz format.
5. Use in-class discussion groups to discuss
the reading and report back comments to the
class.
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Dealing With Disengaged Students

1. One of the most basic things to do is get to
know your students and get them to know
each other.
2. Assess their progress often via tests, class
participation and assignments
3. Consider using the students to help teach.
Have a few students present a topic from a
new chapter each week.
4. Take advantage of students' existing skills,
knowledge and experience.
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Take Away From the class

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Thank You

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