Teachers+as+Learners

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[|Getting acquainted with your students]  [|Icebreakers, games, team building]  [|Group games and ice breakers]
 * Laying the Foundation for Learning: Developing Relationships**

__**Laying the Foundation for Learning: Understanding Our Students**  __[|Generational differences] [|Human development: Erickson’s]  [|Human development: Maslow’s]  [|Human development: Piaget’s]

__**Teachers as Facilitators of Learning: Effective Teaching Techniques**  __[|Personal qualities that inspire effective teaching] [|Award winning article about effective teaching]  [|Course development]  [|Cultivation of fair-minded critical thinking]  [|Elements of critical thinking] [|Asking effective questions]  [|Plan key questions to teach around]  [|Challenge accuracy and completeness of thinking]  [|5 types of questions] [|Bloom’s taxonomy]  [|Learning theories]  [|Learning assumptions]  [|Motivating students: general principles] [|Motivating students]  [|8 Simple rules to motivate]

__**Teachers as Facilitators of Learning: Preparing Students for the Job Force** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> __[|Traditional classroom versus the workplace environment] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|Work place abilities] [|Secretaries Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCAN) abilities]

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|Grading practices] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|Article: Classroom Assessment Techniques for Better Teaching and Learning] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|Assessment examples] [|Mid-semester survey] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|Rubrics]
 * Teachers as Facilitators of Learning: Providing Meaningful Feedback**

__**Professional Development: Understanding Ourselves as Adult Learners** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> __[|30 things we know about adult learners__] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|http://emarketing.delmarlearning.com/milady/milady_news_fall05_classroom.asp] [|Adult learning principles] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|Human development: Knowles’ Adult Learners] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|Adult learners] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|Teacher as an organizer] [|Keirsey tests] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|Using the Keirsey tests: analyzing data] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|VARK Test]

__**Professional Development: Managing Stress and Finding Balance** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> __[|101 ways to cope with stress] [|Life stresses] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|Life stress scale] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|REENERGIZE] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> [|Why we teach?]