Suggestion 127. Enter the class from the same door as the students

IF YOU WANT TO:

• Relate to students as individuals

• Have an interesting style of presentation

• Communicate your interest in students

Entering the class through the same door as the students.

A faculty member in the biological sciences says that he always does this when teaching in a large lecture hall. "I enter from the back of the room with the students, pausing to chat with students on either side of the aisle before class begins," he says.

"You have to get into the students' skins to really teach well," he believes. "It helps to see the classroom from their vantage point and to get a sense of the class from their perspective. Not enough faculty members do this," he believes, "and among other things, it shows up in boardwork that can't be seen past the tenth row."

Limitations on Use of Suggestion

  Discipline:  None
Course Level:  None
 Course Size:  Classes in large lecture halls
        Mode:  None

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