It is a challenge to get students to take control over their own learning process. What strategies do you have to empower your students? How do you take an active role to facilitate this? What "tools" do you find effective to make this happen?
Kjartan Skogly Kversøy
what/whom do you teach?
I am in healthcare.
I tell the students, that they can try things in my lessons (without hurting one another of course), and experience for themselves if/how it works. It is not a tragedy, to fail, because, because they try something new, practice something new, it is not failure, but learning.
I think (hope?) it makes them, knowing their boundaries, more sure of themselves.In my lessons, I emphasise their own resposibility when seeing and treating their patients in the future. Now, as students, they can ask questions, but at one point, and this point in time/life will always come: becoming a profssional, they have to decide for themselves how to handle a situation. That's life!!
students need to know/think about:
-knowing your boundaries
-know what you want to become in the future
-who you want to be in your profession
-in what way do you want the people around you, to see you (as a person, collegue)
as faculty:
-invite them to pose their questions, and be honest in answering them
(I hope this is English)
Sincerely
Germaine
Germaine Leunissen I work with healthcare, career guidance, and vocational teacher education at both bachelor and master level. I am interested to hear how other academics handle this challenge in different ways.
Identifying the right goals can motivate students to do their best in learning.
I try to help them reach the wonderful realm of self discovery and liberatory autonomous learning whereby the learners set their own directions for satisfying their educational needs.
To introduce innovative teaching methods. Understand the implementation of theoretical models in solving practical problems. To enhance the interactivity and creativity of students through new ways of communication and teamwork. To encourage them to properly use research methods and techniques as well as modern software solutions.
Extracurricular activities and community-service help students develop and empower their personalities (i.e., advocacy, charitable and public awareness campaigns)
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