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Ability to Adapt

Teachers must have the abilty to adapt to new material, knowledge within the field, technology, and the students themselves. Teachers who can not adapt will quickly lose their students attention and create a barrier between them. Although state standards don't change that often, educators needs to ensure they are knowledgeable of any new material within their field. Today's students are expecting more from their teachers - ways to make the classroom exciting to learn through today's technology. A lecture that works for one student, may not work for another student. In class we learned that changing the teacher method during each lecture is important to stimulate the four kind of learners. 'Al Cordera'

Al, great point. I would add that adapatation by teachers is essential for adjusting to each student's separate needs to enable learning. Dennis Flores

Adapability to the current issues may not always be the best practice. Last class, our textbook was from 1939. A textbook that was 72 years old was used to teach a master's class for 2011. I must admit I first question how old our Professor was, but after reading the book, it still applied. 'Al Cordea'