Adelboy

I was wondering the same some months ago. I taught a group as large as yours and two of my students were a year older than me. From my experience, these strategies works very well. a) Ask the students their names when they participate and try to use them. Ask them to share examples related with the class topics from their experiences and try to remember them. You can use those later to review the topic or to explain a new one. Students usually like that because it shows that you are listening and that you value what they have to say. c) Try to catch what they are interested in (TV shows, sports, etc.) and use them to catch their attention when things are going down. d) Try to give time to everyone. Don't listen only to the typical guy that knows everything. Ask questions and opinions from the rest too and help them to produce the answers. Don't stop after the "I don't know´s". Dig a little more. e) Offer time to answer doubts. Give the chance to other students to answer them first and if they can't, proceed to explain. f) As Agrizz said, tell them when you don't know the answer. You can try to solve it with them but if its necessary to do more research on it, ask the students to do it for the next class and search for it you too. In my case, this worked perfectly because I had already explained them that I wanted a class where the students construct their own knowledge with my help, in contrast to do it in a more traditional or hierarchical way. They loved it and put a lot of effort in the "extra research" even when it wasn't scored. g) Giving some details about myself (nothing too personal) also helped me. People engage with others when they recognized them as persons too. The little age difference can be a good thing! h) Set rules since day one and follow them. If you had said that you would not accept tardiness, don't do it. The rules must be only a few and very clear. It is not a personal thing. Try to not get mad if they broke them (they will). Just make sure to proceed as you said and take the opportunity to repeat the rules again. i) Offer extra material. There are times when you explain topics that catch the attention of some students. Make them know that, if they are interested, they can ask for extra material or suggestions about how to compliment their education. I hope you find these suggestions useful. Good luck!

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I checked and I think you are right. He sounds great! I also found another two professors who have interesting research topics. I'll read more about USC. Thank you!

Hi! I am a psychologist interested in fandom development, pop culture and LGBTI representation on media; and how those influence shaping people's behavior and national policies. I will apply for Fall 2016 but I am not sure what kind of program and/or university it's better for me. I was thinking about a Master or PhD in Media Studies. I already started my college search and I am considering The New School. In my country (I am from Latin America) I work as a university researcher and TA. I have some knowledge on Comm. Sciences and participatory culture but as I said, I don't have an undergraduate degree or proffesional experience on that field. Any suggestions?