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Movin’ on Up: The Key is Interaction with Students

Movin’ on Up: The Key is Interaction with Students. Department of Foreign Language Retreat August 16, 2011. Nostalgia. Who was your worst instructor/professor in college? What made this person the worst? What characteristics do you avoid in your teaching so as not to emulate this person?.

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Movin’ on Up: The Key is Interaction with Students

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  1. Movin’ on Up: The Key is Interaction with Students Department of Foreign Language Retreat August 16, 2011

  2. Nostalgia • Who was your worst instructor/professor in college? • What made this person the worst? • What characteristics do you avoid in your teaching so as not to emulate this person?

  3. More Nostalgia • Who was your best instructor/professor in college? • What made this person the best? • What characteristics do you use in your teaching so as to emulate this person?

  4. Umbach & Wawrzynski (2005) • Students report higher levels of engagement and learning where faculty • Use active and collaborativelearning techniques • Engage students in experiences • Emphasize higher-order cognitive activities • Interact with students • Challenge students academically • Value enriching educational experiences

  5. Ku & Hu (2001) • Contact increases during four years in college • Positive effects of student-faculty contact depend on efforts students expend on other activities • Frequency and quality of contact related to college size • Academically prepared students and those devoted to studies interact more with faculty

  6. Wilson & Woods (1974) • An instructor’s accessibility is communicated through instructor’s • Attitudes • Values • Beliefs • And by whether • Students invited to make class policy • Allows other points of view • Gives essay exams over objective exams

  7. How Might an Instructor Encourage Interaction? • Keeping office hours • Inviting small group for coffee/soda • Brown bag breakfast/lunch with small group • Cultural events • Ballet folklorico • Singing Christmas carols

  8. Characteristics of Successful Instructors • It is the instructor who makes the difference in what happens in the classroom. • Instructor’s expectations of students greatly influences their achievement in your class.

  9. Discussion • What in these articles makes sense to you? • What do they confirm about what you are doing? • What ideas do they give you to make some effective changes? • Brainstorm ways to engage students.

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