To understand today's material a student must press ahead into tomorrow's material. Initial exposure to new facts, concepts, or decision-making strategies is often, at best, only a partially enlightening experience. Planned repetition of factual information, review of concepts, use of techniques, and practice in problem-solving are needed in order to facilitate effective learning. Learning is often best achieved in a collaborative effort. There needs to be clear and comfortable channels of communication between the student and the instructor and between the student and other students.
Enthusiasm is contagious.
Enthusiasm for learning is, of course, demonstrated by one's demeanor in the the classroom, but also by exploration and application of new developments in the discipline, by explicit application of course content to current events, and by appropriate use of learning styles research, active learning techniques, and instructional technology. Geography Teaching Philosophy 1. Everything occurs somewhere. Most events impact other events. Students can better understand local, national, international, and environmental situations by learning to evaluate the spatial relationships that contribute to those situations.