In the course of everyday life, I tend to be quiet and reserved. When I teach it is quite the opposite. I often over-explain. Maybe it is my need to continually reassure myself that I know what I am
talking about. I keep explaining as a way of demonstrating my
knowledge thinking it will increase my credibility. At best, this need to over-explain wastes precious rehearsal time. At worst, it makes directions and corrections unclear.
My focus this coming year should be to increase my effectiveness as an educator by talking less. A goal of speaking one sentence for every direction given, or correction made is, I believe, quite achievable. This will force me to be more economical and precise with my word choice, which should make it more clear what I am instructing the students to do. Also, this have the added effect of increasing the number of repetitions the students perform during rehearsal since I will be doing less talking.
My focus this coming year should be to increase my effectiveness as an educator by talking less. A goal of speaking one sentence for every direction given, or correction made is, I believe, quite achievable. This will force me to be more economical and precise with my word choice, which should make it more clear what I am instructing the students to do. Also, this have the added effect of increasing the number of repetitions the students perform during rehearsal since I will be doing less talking.
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