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This Week's Topic Linking the Real World to the Classroom Today’s education is fast-paced and global. It requires the integration of studies with the rest of students' lives. Thus, bringing the real world into the classroom is the focus of this week’s Teaching Tips. This Week's Tips Teaching Cross-curriculum (Monday) World history has more meaning for the student who also studies the geography and the culture of a people, including literature, music, dress, customs, business practices, values, and religious beliefs. No longer can we teach classes in just business or literature without tying the material to world events that helped shape the environment. Use these tips to help you teach cross-curriculum: Always look for ways to bring in other disciplines. Ask your students to tie a specific lesson to what they are learning in other courses. Teaching in a Global World (Tuesday) Bringing the events of the world into your classroom as an intricate part of your curriculum gives meaning to what your students are studying. By showing students the relevance of the discipline to the world around them, you give greater significance to learning. To bring the world into your classroom, try the following: Assign a two-minute impromptu speech on a current event. Have students discuss the psychology of a current event. Using Your Own Experience in the Classroom (Wednesday) Students learn by listening to the stories of others, including yours. What experiences do you have that will bring alive your course material? What experiences do your students have that will bring alive the material for other students? Use these stories as teaching tools. Remember the following: Supplement textbook material with stories involving your own experiences. Relate each story to the material you are teaching. Using the Workplace as a Classroom (Thursday) Even adults may have a difficult time knowing the difference between what they think the job they want is and what the reality of that job may be. To improve your students’ understanding of future work, try these tips: Have students shadow other students at work for a day. As a class assignment, have students find a mentor in the field they want to be in. Encourage internships. What Do I Want to Do When I Grow Up? (Friday) “What do I want to do when I grow up?” is a question many adult learners ask themselves even after enrolling in college. You’ll do your students a favor by helping them look at their motivations for enrolling in school and why they chose their major. Use this week’s Download Depot as a handout, and remember the following tips: Not all students have the same motivation. Like many traditional students, adult students also change their majors after enrollment.
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