How to Improve a Four Hour Drug & Alcohol Class
Improve your class by getting students interested in the learning process. Rather than lecture for four hours, to make students learn, give them the power and responsibility to make the class interesting by letting them give presentations. Of course, you will lecture and bring teaching aids to class; however, you can cut your lecture time in half by allowing your students to present material from the textbook the other half of the time. Assign each student a lecture with mandatory visual aids, such as posters, videos, and/or PowerPoint presentations. Student participation improves long classes and makes time fly.
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Show enthusiasm for the material you're teaching. Excitement is contagious. If you enter the classroom on fire for teaching the course, your students are more likely to become engaged in the learning process and participate in class, which prompts classmates to participate, too.
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Use handouts. Handouts are always a welcome part of the class curriculum, especially when there are both pictures and text in the leaflet. This is one way to add excitement to a four-hour class on drug and alcohol addiction.
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Show a film that depicts individuals experiencing problems with drugs and alcohol. There are many good films on this subject that help students understand the lifestyle of those who suffer from chemical addiction. Students also get a chance to hear sufferers discuss choices and what led them on a certain path.
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Tell your class participation is mandatory. Allow students to talk and discuss the issues without censoring them or making them feel wrong about their answers, especially when those answers differ from your own.
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Ask the class open-ended questions on drugs and alcohol abuse. Asking open-ended questions engages the students and provides an opportunity for them to think critically. They learn to formulate answers on their own and think for themselves. When this happens in the classroom, students participate and want to learn more in the classroom.
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Add a bit of spice by dividing the class into teams, each presenting a different point of view on the subject matter. This keeps the class on its toes, especially if you announce this at the beginning of your class. This gives students something to look forward to, and they remain alert and more interested in their classmates.
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