Effective Teaching Practices: Strategies for Engaging Students

1. Good Teaching Practices • • Dr. ShivanthiAnandan • Associate Professor • Department of Biology • • Dr. Alexander Friedlander • Associate Dean, CoAS • Department of Culture and Communication

2. Five phases • Planning your content • Arranging your material • Creating Effective Style • Preparing your Delivery • Presenting the material

3. 1. Planning your content • prepare ahead of time • read textbook • correlate with lecture • identify key points • consider diversity of learners andways of learning • prepare notes

4. 2. Arranging your material • * tell them what you are going to say * say it* tell them what you said • decide on how to break up class time • lecture/small group work/ discussions • chunk activities • avoid solid lecturing

5. 3. Creating Effective Style:How should you present information?s • how do you start a class? • how do you end a class? • how do you lead a discussion? • how do you deal with studentquestions?

6. 4 + 5: Preparing your Delivery and Presenting your material • directing students' attention • using your voice • using the physical classroom space • chalk board • physical space (not anchored to one spot) • using notes and visuals including computer, overhead, or handouts • managing your time • dealing with events thatbreak your structure? * technology and students

7. To be effective For the course • create a syllabus with clear policies • Develop grading policies • Ensure academic integrity • Ensure consistency

8. To be effective (cont) For yourself • Allow time for the 5 phases above • After each class • take time to reflect and write out notes for yourself about what worked and what did not • note what you said you would do (eg in answering student questions) and note what you still have to do next time

9. ABOVE ALL • PREPARE! • REFLECT! • PREPARE!