This section emphasizes the importance of listening skills in effective teaching, highlighting that great communication extends beyond just speaking. Kristine Ducote, a peer mentor at SNHU, notes that attentive listening allows teachers to understand students' unexpressed anxieties and adapt their teaching methods to support individual learning styles. By leveraging students' strengths and past successes, teachers can foster persistence and positive outcomes in the educational environment.
2. Good Teachers Listen Well
Great communication doesn't stop when the teacher is done talking. Listening well is one of the most important skills needed to be a teacher.
“Teachers that are skilled in listening and observing often pick up on what isn’t being said, such as any anxieties a student may have," said Kristine Ducote '21 '24G, a peer mentor at SNHU. "(Teachers) can then help the student build their skills and confidence levels."
Taking the time to discover and leverage a student's learning style and their strengths is important, too.
"Asking them to pull on their many talents and past successes while adapting them to an educational environment and good study habits are crucial for student persistence and positive outcomes," Ducote said. She's found this approach to be beneficial to her work as a peer mentor and former tutor at SNHU.
Ducote has also spent a lot of time as a student herself. She holds a bachelor's in criminal justice and master's in clinical mental health counseling from SNHU. (SNHU is not currently enrolling new students in the graduate counseling program.)
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