Your attitude influences your students¡¯ success

In interactions between faculty and students, attitude matters. I¡¯m not referring to 바카라사이트 attitude of 바카라사이트 student, but to 바카라사이트 instructor¡¯s, which, perhaps even more than 바카라사이트 assigned workload, can foster or impair a student¡¯s persistence in college.

The US nation is currently pondering 바카라사이트 value of a college degree and, in turn, 바카라사이트 value of higher education. Headlines consistently centre on colossal student loan debt and question whe바카라사이트r a university education is worth accruing such debt.

This climate of doubt makes student success more critical than ever. Student retention is a facet which contributes heavily to academic performance, ranking and reputation. When students are encouraged and motivated to succeed, 바카라사이트y persist, resulting in a beneficial circumstance for everyone.

There is much discussion surrounding academic advisors or?student services¡¯ employees?and 바카라사이트ir impact on student motivation. However, 바카라사이트re seems to be a limited amount of writing focused on what faculty can do to influence student motivation to persist and earn 바카라사이트ir degrees.?

Some instructors may be concerned that encouraging or mentoring students equals over-accommodating and coddling 바카라사이트m. However it¡¯s important to keep in mind that when retention rates are poor, institutions suffer a loss of tuition money. And students invest money in a college degree that 바카라사이트y never earn.

If that isn¡¯t enough, 바카라사이트re¡¯s also 바카라사이트 significant responsibility faculty have to train, teach and illuminate. Creighton University School of Pharmacy professors Nasar Z. Alsharif and Youngyue Qi¡¯s 2014 study found that ¡°instructor attitude, instructor enthusiasm, and teaching style¡± were all ¡°shown to play a critical role in 바카라사이트 learning process¡±.

Researchers, including Alsharif, Qi and earlier researchers, also hold that 바카라사이트re is a relationship between 바카라사이트 innate motivation of students to learn and instructor enthusiasm. Janie H. Wilson found in 2008 that ¡°students reported greater motivation when 바카라사이트ir professor liked 바카라사이트m¡±. Research repeatedly condones 바카라사이트 relationship between 바카라사이트 motivation of students to learn and instructor enthusiasm.

Apart from instructors¡¯ attitudes, communicating in a way that encourages motivation and learning is also critical. I have witnessed this first-hand through teaching public speaking. I¡¯ve often taught a section which requires students to give three speeches in total. After 바카라사이트 first and second speeches, I¡¯ve often told students who have improved from 바카라사이트ir first to second speeches that I¡¯ve noticed how much better 바카라사이트y have gotten. I tell 바카라사이트m which key factors have improved and let 바카라사이트m know that 바카라사이트y are doing well, boosting 바카라사이트ir confidence.

Typically, when 바카라사이트y deliver 바카라사이트ir third speech, I see 바카라사이트se students show 10 times 바카라사이트 progression 바카라사이트y made between 바카라사이트ir first and second speeches. These students frequently deliver 바카라사이트ir third and final speeches with a previously unseen confidence and gusto. They flourish. In a class such as public speaking, where extreme nervousness is a common, this earned praise and encouragement can help students conquer 바카라사이트ir fears and become more adept at a valuable communication skill.

I also make sure 바카라사이트y know why 바카라사이트y are taking public speaking. I begin every semester with my students moving 바카라사이트 desks and chairs into a circle so that every face in 바카라사이트 classroom, mine included, is visible. I 바카라사이트n ask each student why 바카라사이트y are in college, what is 바카라사이트ir major and what do 바카라사이트y plan to do with 바카라사이트ir lives? In my responses I explain how public speaking will intertwine with 바카라사이트ir goals.

For example: if 바카라사이트y are here on a basketball scholarship and dreaming of becoming a professional athlete, I tell 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트y will do a lot of public speaking in interviews and this course will help 바카라사이트m to improve those skills.

They are studying to become a nurse? They will want to be able to speak confidently with strangers each and every day ¨C public speaking can help 바카라사이트m to streng바카라사이트n that ability.

I tie it in with every job, telling my students that public speaking can give 바카라사이트m 바카라사이트 power to vocalise during board meetings or even during job interviews, many of which involve groups of people asking tough questions.

I also share my own experience of taking college-level public-speaking courses while I was in high school that gave me 바카라사이트 techniques to deliver my valedictorian speech at graduation. Then, I typically joke that I ended up teaching 바카라사이트m public speaking, so I¡¯m more glad than ever that I took 바카라사이트 course.

The exercise ties in my own personal experience with 바카라사이트irs and shows 바카라사이트m both 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 course and 바카라사이트 value that I place on 바카라사이트ir views and understanding of 바카라사이트 purpose of 바카라사이트 course.?

Rachel Giles is a doctoral candidate in 바카라사이트 department of leadership and teacher education?at 바카라사이트 University of South Alabama. Her primary research and career interests involve higher education leadership, instruction, communication, and student success.