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Comment on Teaching and Learning Best Practices by Carry Coston

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Comment on Satisfying Basic Psychological Needs to Foster Student Learning by tom hendry

tom hendry — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:16:11 +0000

Inspiration is the greatest form of motivation especially for students. Where does it come from – great teachers, great orators, great authors. People motivate people. People satisfy the needs of others by talking about, with great passion and emotion, their or others’ achievements. Add some pain or pleasure, fear or desire and you have leverage.

Comment on What’s in It for Me by Dr. Chantal Levesque-Bristol

Dr. Chantal Levesque-Bristol — Sun, 09 May 2010 18:25:13 +0000

It can be found in the Teaching Professor, February 2010 issue-article

Comment on What’s in It for Me by Daniel Shaw

Daniel Shaw — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:53:09 +0000

Where can I find this article?

Comment on Teachers Who Improved – A Comment by Chet

Chet — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:12:00 +0000

Well said there. There is a thin line between something well perceived or simply overlooked. The new breed of students seem to form their opinions about any subject without integrating their own beliefs.

For teachers, its a matter of recognizing how well the students absorb the idea of making a commitment to new things (in life or college!). I think you are on the right track as far as communicating beforehand your expectations and what it will take to finish the curriculum.

The art of teaching is not limited to just delegating but to understand the students behavioral patterns.

Good Luck,

Chetan Jariwala

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Comment on Why do we teach? by Gary Rader

Gary Rader — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:46:01 +0000

Chantal,

I have to agree about the reward we recieve for our hard work in the classroom (online or seated) when students provide us with unsolicited comments about how our teaching positively impacted their lives.

I recall an online student who was economically disadvantaged. She was struggling as a single mother with two children and no Internet connection at home. She went to a neighbor or the library after driving a school bus early in the morning.. She was going to drop out of college when I encouraged her to “stay the course” and not give up. She stayed in class and made it through a difficult time. Attending her graduation two years later was a rewarding expereince for me. She is now planning to attend graduate school and become a teacher.

I still hear regularly from my former military students in the 1980s and 1990s when I taught in Germany for the University of Maryland.

Gary Rader