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Top 10 new teaching techniques for 2015
Want more satised students? Vary your teaching techniques.
Get creatie with new teaching techniques. !ien up your c"asses#
and itcou"d enhance your repeat rates. $ncourage your teachers to
thin% outsidethe &o'# try something new and don(t worry
a&out fai"ing.
Try one thing new each time.
The top new )wow( teaching technique for 2015* hae your
students write onthe windows in your c"assroom.
+rom the "atest ,erticate in Teaching -du"ts c"ass taught &y
!$/#participant iche""e ic%a&y reports that one of her teachers
has students
write on the c"assroom windows. ere(s what she said#
The teacher to"d me that he gies the students pens 3they must
&e white&oard pens4 and the students each pic% a window.
They wor% their formu"ason the windows -t the end of the eening
they c"ean them o6. e to"d methe students "oe it. 3for a math c"ass
for adu"ts# &ut cou"d &e used for othertopics as we""4.
7 ta"%ed to the teacher after the c"ass and he to"d me another
coup"e&enets to this method. The c"ass has &een in session
for around 8 wee%s312 c"asses4 and he o&sered that when he had
students pairing up they
were meeting for the rst time. -s they sit in c"ass they don(t
necessari"yinteract with each other so this gies them an
opportunity to meet theirc"assmates. 9"us# he to"d me that when
they sit on their own he o&seresthat the ce"" phones are out
and they might &e te'ting or doing somethinge"se. When they are
standing at the windows they are paying attention to the"essons and
thin%ing a&out the "essons. They are not distracted &y
theirphones.:
The Top ; new teaching techniques for 2015 are*
1.Write on windows
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iche"e ic%a&y has found this fun and usefu" e'ercise for her
resume&ui"ding course# &ut other teachers say the idea is
so good it can &e app"iedto many other %inds of courses as
we"".
7 hae gien a &rief "esson on &ui"ding a resume that was
a "ot of fun. 7
e'p"ained the %ey components of what shou"d go into a good
resume thenshared one that 7 had made up. 7t was a"" wrong. 7 as%ed
the students to te""me what was wrong. 7 had a cra=y photo up in
the corner. The emai" addresswas hotpants>hotmai".com 37(e
actua""y seen that used4. nder references 7put* -unty
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hae a"" seen the )!et(s eat Grandpa( and )!et(s eat# Grandpa(
poster. What 7do to Ba== up my grammar "essons is this* 7 went to
the uniersity &oo%storeand &ought a white "a& coat. @n
the "a& coat# using fa&ric mar%ers# 7 printed*Er. ag=(
Writing ,"inic. 7 went to Wa"Fart and purchased a toy doctor(s
%itand some sma"" candies. Then 7 prepared incorrect grammar s"ides
on
9ower9oint and was the )doctor( for the rst few s"ides.
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I. epeat tas%s ;FC times
eanise Eemitri adds#
7 hae the students do a tas% three or four times to get them use
to the
sequence. aing them repeat a tas% has a"ways wor%ed ery we"" for
thestudents.
J. Theme for the month
,hrystie Kac%us does this*
7 create a theme for the month# such as o"iday ecipes or
Gardening# andthen po"" the c"ass to see what types of things they
wou"d "i%e moreinformation a&out# any actiities they wou"d "i%e
to "earn# or anything specicthey wou"d "i%e to try. 7 then
incorporate these ideas into the course
materia".:
10. +unny soc%s
,hrystie Koc%us reports# 7 wear funny soc%s# especia""y when
teaching.Great conersation starter.:
