Dear colleague,
Dedicated to my vow to you here, I' d like to add my voice and remind everyone that self-expression and going the extra mile always make the difference, especially in the teaching profession, and are therefore appreciated amongst learners, teachers, educators, colleagues at any level.
Regardless of practical issues our profession solves for each one of us and beyond epistemological approaches, methodological choices, cognitive styles or teaching tools, when it comes to the crunch, working to the best of our ability and having our heart set on our learners' educational needs are the core of the matter. And, I feel, this cannot be achieved unless teaching and learning are a self-directed, orientated process of mutual empathy (cognitive and affective) towards the personhood of our learners in a broader sense.
So, as a next step in your classes, why not reach out for your students' hearts by teaching them that heartbeats are not heard but felt and shared.
Tell them the truth, that the main knowledge they need to practise is patience and the right attitude; that people of value are defined by these two: patience when they have nothing and attitude when they have everything.
The second secret your learners need to be told is that they are blessed and intelligent enough to realize that there is plenty enough to learn and that you will always do your best to help them discover the subject-specific information they need to know.
Dedicated to my vow to you here, I' d like to add my voice and remind everyone that self-expression and going the extra mile always make the difference, especially in the teaching profession, and are therefore appreciated amongst learners, teachers, educators, colleagues at any level.
Regardless of practical issues our profession solves for each one of us and beyond epistemological approaches, methodological choices, cognitive styles or teaching tools, when it comes to the crunch, working to the best of our ability and having our heart set on our learners' educational needs are the core of the matter. And, I feel, this cannot be achieved unless teaching and learning are a self-directed, orientated process of mutual empathy (cognitive and affective) towards the personhood of our learners in a broader sense.
So, as a next step in your classes, why not reach out for your students' hearts by teaching them that heartbeats are not heard but felt and shared.
Tell them the truth, that the main knowledge they need to practise is patience and the right attitude; that people of value are defined by these two: patience when they have nothing and attitude when they have everything.
The second secret your learners need to be told is that they are blessed and intelligent enough to realize that there is plenty enough to learn and that you will always do your best to help them discover the subject-specific information they need to know.
