After every class, Denise collects information from students (anonymously on scraps of paper, or verbally from class group) on the following questions:
1. In one word, how did this class lesson feel for you?
2. What, if anything, will stick in your head about this lesson?
3. How could this lesson have been made better?
Denise feels that this is a good tool for students because:
- they get a chance to express themselves - expression being a core human need
- they get a chance to use their imagination - good for all tutors to be stimulating their imagination
- they get a chance to furnish the tutor with creative ideas for improvement - all from the vantage point of students - a rich seam of information
- they get to hear that the tutor has 'heard' their expressions (as they are aggregated and shared in next class)
- they get to hear that they are valued (as the tutor thanks them for their contributions, regardless whether contributions were positive or (arguably) negative answers).
- students get to feel like someone actually cares about their opinions (in a world where so many are often not valued)
- all above further aid effective communication skills
- more rounded students enhance society, within the community we live in
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