Dear All,
The academic year ended and most of the instructors must be busy with the evaluation of the whole term. Each term of any course is a new gate for me: I meet new teacher trainees and I know that they are the architectures of the future world. Therefore they gain more importance for me. After 14 weeks of collaborative work, we learn many things from each other. As an instructor this is also valid for me. I learn about my teaching methodology, the materials I used, my assessment style and others. The last days of the term is the real learning time for me. Their feedback and their suggestions are very important for me. This term more than 100 students have shared their feelings and comments with me again. I am thankful to them. I hope they also learned from my experiences which have been accumulated in 36 years.
The academic year ended and most of the instructors must be busy with the evaluation of the whole term. Each term of any course is a new gate for me: I meet new teacher trainees and I know that they are the architectures of the future world. Therefore they gain more importance for me. After 14 weeks of collaborative work, we learn many things from each other. As an instructor this is also valid for me. I learn about my teaching methodology, the materials I used, my assessment style and others. The last days of the term is the real learning time for me. Their feedback and their suggestions are very important for me. This term more than 100 students have shared their feelings and comments with me again. I am thankful to them. I hope they also learned from my experiences which have been accumulated in 36 years.
I would like to share one of the feedback coming from my first year students. G. Başer wrote it. Thanks a lot and good luck to you my dearest colleague. Loves,
Hayal KÖKSAL
FEEDBACK
This course was one of the most enjoyable lectures that I have taken this semester. Instead of the teacher-centered or student- centered education learning method, there was a method involving both students actively including the teacher: İmece Circles! It enabled us to have an active role during lectures by presentations that we made. Importantly, class discussions following the presentation helped the internalization of the presented subject and by this way, not just individuals who made presentation dominated over that lecture, also other students in class found the opportunity to express their ideas about the subject. In addition, teacher’s contribution to class discussions with her experience of academic work was really interesting and helpful.
When it comes to assessment style of the course, I can say that it is not assessment style like overpowering with mid-terms and memorizing things just the purpose of a good grade. Instead with the absence of anxiety, I think that students wanted to learn just because they wanted it. Moreover, by the system of taking the register, participation in courses was provided during the semester. In addition, using power point to make presentations helped a better understanding due to including both seeing subject and hearing what is talking about.
During the semester, I tried to come all lectures but there are some absences of mine. I tried to make additional homework that instructor gave us in order to meet the course needs. Finally, I would like to emphasize that I am really glad to be one of part of this course.
G.Başer
Guidance & Counseling Dept.
When it comes to assessment style of the course, I can say that it is not assessment style like overpowering with mid-terms and memorizing things just the purpose of a good grade. Instead with the absence of anxiety, I think that students wanted to learn just because they wanted it. Moreover, by the system of taking the register, participation in courses was provided during the semester. In addition, using power point to make presentations helped a better understanding due to including both seeing subject and hearing what is talking about.
During the semester, I tried to come all lectures but there are some absences of mine. I tried to make additional homework that instructor gave us in order to meet the course needs. Finally, I would like to emphasize that I am really glad to be one of part of this course.
G.Başer
Guidance & Counseling Dept.
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