Teaching Well and Good

Stereotypes would box a teacher in the classroom but in the sessions today, I experienced the educator in Physical Therapists that stays beyond that as we learned the basics of Yoga, reviewed our manner of teaching and applied teaching on some cases.

Doing yoga seemed hard but eventually, as Professor Mia eased us into the right poses with her clear instructions using an effective voice modulation, it became a fun activity that I actually want to do again.

Through yoga, I realized that as a PT, introducing an activity would require my expertise, or at least an advanced knowledge on the activity, and the efficient manner in which I should instruct. The confidence I had that Professor Mia knew well what she was teaching influenced my desire to learn. That being said, I think my future patients would have to have that confidence in me to actually want to perform and deliver.

Video Critique and Role Playing were focused on the evaluation of the current level of teaching we know of. These made me feel the gravity of teaching in my profession as I realized that almost every activity requires it.

In addition, I learned that awareness of the necessary information about the client is as important as the act of teaching is. We do not just teach; we educate and we evaluate. I appreciated the need for client awareness and receiving feedback as our profession essentially covers health care and service; this we cannot do by merely being experts and geniuses. Our manner of teaching must be excellent, as it should involve care for and awareness of our learners.

All these being said, I remember every teacher I admired in the past; like all of them, I hope to teach well and good as I marry expertise, compassion and communication in the practice of my profession.