Abel, Nick R.

Auger, Rick

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Butler University Digital Commons @ Butler University Scholarship and Professional Work – Education College of Education 10-5-2017 Beyond Powerpoint: Innovative Ways to Engage Counselors-in-Training Nick R. Abel Butler University, nabel@butler.edu Rick Auger Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/coe_papers  Part of the Counselor Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Higher Education Commons, and the Student Counseling and Personnel Services Commons Recommended Citation “Beyond PowerPoint: Innovative Ways to Engage Counselors-in-Training.” Roundtable session co-conducted at the biennial conference of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Chicago, IL. 2017, October. This Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Education at Digital Commons @ Butler University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Scholarship and Professional Work – Education by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Butler University. For more information, please contact digitalscholarship@butler.edu.     Teaching	Principles	Based	on	Current	Research	(&	Experience)	Characteristics of effective college/university teachers • Are good learners who seek feedback and reflection to make positive changes to enhance student learning • Focus on student learning, not just their own performance in class • Develop clear learning goals and objectives to help create effective learning environments • Understand that learning is facilitated by a well organized course and class session • Focus on students doing rather than just knowing • Have a highly compelling story to tell about their discipline • Use the skills of their discipline to teach their discipline • Model that failure and struggle is an integral part of learning and is not to be feared • Have high expectations for students, but choose objectives and activities that students see as relevant and important • Are open and enthusiastic and curious about their field (and about life) • Build ongoing and immediate teacher-to-student and student-to-student feedback into the course • Use both formative and summative assessments and view grades as a way to communicate rather than as a tool to rank and judge • Find a way to assess prior knowledge • Use teaching strategies such as case studies and problem-based learning to stimulate higher-order thinking  Suggestions for engaging millennial learners • Incorporate a multimedia approach—but use technology to enhance, not replace, good teaching practices • Create a less formal learning environment • Make your teaching relevant to the lives of your students • Strive to create personalized and customized assignments • Develop collaborative course assignments • Employ high-interest attention grabbers to begin class • Use the Rule of 10—change what you do in class every 10 minutes • Encourage deeper processing by embedding important concepts personal stories, movie clips, etc. • To address millennials’ tendency to multitask, discuss the myth of multitasking: https://davecrenshaw.com/the-myth-of-multitasking-uncut-presentation/ • Use the five R’s: o Research-based methods o Relevance o Rationale o Be relaxed o Build rapport      Keeping courses fun/interesting, while still meeting objectives  “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” (Confucius, n.d.)  • Experiential Learning (Kolb, 1984)  • Active Learning Techniques (Bonwell & Eison, 1991) o Ice breakers o Think/Pair/Share o One minute paper/free write o Scenarios/Case Studies o Roundtable Characteristics to embody (Jenkins, 2105):  • Personality - good natured, approachable, funny, don’t take self or content too seriously • Presence – fully in the moment, connecting to course material and to students • Preparation – meticulously prepare long-term, medium-term, and short-term • Passion – love for your students and love for your content   Beyond Powerpoint: innovative ways to engage counselors-in-training    ACES	Conference:	October	5th,	2017	Nick	Abel	Butler	University	Rick	Auger	Minnesota	State	University,	Mankato	   Abel, Auger, & Hedin (2015)   Resources /References: Bain, K.  2004.  What the best college teachers do.  Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Barrio Minton, C. A., & Gibson, D. M. (2012).  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The 4 properties of powerful teachers. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Retrieved September 25, 2015 from http://chronicle.com/article/The-4-Properties-of-Powerful/228483.  Kolb, D (1984). Experiential Learning as the Science of Learning and Development. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Malott, K. M., Hridaya Hall, K., , Sheely-Moore, A., Krell, M. M., & Cardaciotto, L. (2014).  Evidence-based teaching in higher education: Application to counselor education.  Counselor Education & Supervision, 53, 294-305.  doi:10.1002/j.1556-6978.2014.00064.x  McKeachie, W. J., & Svinicki, M. (2006).  McKeachie’s teaching tips: Strategies, research, and theory for college and university teachers (12th ed.).  Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. Nevid, J. (2011).  Teaching the millennials.  Observer, 24(5).  Retrieved from        http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/teaching-the-millennials Novotney, A. (2010).  Engaging the millennial learner.  Monitor on Psychology, 41(3), 60.  Retrieved        from http://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/03/undergraduates.aspx Price, C. (2009). Why Don’t My Students Think I’m Groovy? The Teaching Professor, 23(1), 7.  Price, C. Five Strategies to Engage Today’s Students. Magna Online Seminar. 1 Nov. 2011. Teaching Better podcast, available through iTunes Utt, J. (2012, November).  Cut through the defensiveness: 6 suggestions for conversations about  privilege.  Retrieved from http://changefromwithin.org/  For pdf copies of a variety of teaching-related articles and reports, go to: https://goo.gl/oAJ8wR And feel free to add your own resources!  

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