Teaching Methods for Inspiring the Students of the Future | Joe Ruhl | TEDxLafayette

As a teacher at the beginning of my career, I will save this and watch it everyday until it becomes MY way of teaching.

Mr Ruhl was my genetics teacher when I was in high school. I generally hated science before I took that class. But I chose to take it because I knew I would need it for college and I'm so glad I did. I learned so much in that class and ever since then genetics has fascinated me. I remember doing the labs with my lab partner Mary. I remember joking around with Mr Ruhl and my classmates. About a year and a half later when I was in college I had to take a genetics class. after the first lecture I went up to the professor and told him that I had taken genetics and that Mr Ruhl was my teacher. he looked at me and he said well then you will recognize every single one of the labs that we do. The professor was not a very good one so it is only because of Mr Ruhl that I passed my college genetics class. And it is because of him that the people that sat around me and were friends with me passed that class. Because of how he taught that class I was able to tell those that I studied with what the professor was trying to teach to us. And it comes full circle. My niece who is about 7 years old told me earlier this year that when she grows up she wants to be a geneticist. I had recently discovered a children's book about Gregor Mendel so I purchased it for her for her birthday. If you know anything about Mr Ruhl you may know that in the past he has dressed up as Gregor Mendel. He is an amazing teacher and I am always grateful that I chose to take his genetics class. And by the way, I did write to him and tell him that I very much appreciated having him as a teacher when I was in high school.

I didn't even cry in Titanic but when he said "what the kids are gonna remember most of all is you", I shed a tear

1. Let the kids have choices 2. Teacher must have research based teachnique 3. Let student to be engaged with Choice, Critical Thinking, Colloboration, Creativity, Communication

He truly puts the students first and removes himself as being the focal point. This is the future of education. You become a facilitator rather than a traditional teacher.

This was my freshman year honors Biology teacher. Loved his class and style of teaching. Thank you for everything Mr. Ruhl

I've been watching TED for over 2-3 years but this is among the very few times I am writing in this comment box for a TED talk. This is brilliant and I am inspired. Thank you.

Allow students to engage in: 1) Choice 2) Collaboration 3) Communication 4) Critical thinking(problem solving) 5) Creativity 6) Caring / Love

What makes a beautiful talk is that it touches your soul and extracts your dreams out of numerous pieces of documentation you are doing as a curriculum developer while sitting in front of the screen. Mr. Joe Ruhl, you inspire! Extremely beautiful talk.

My professional life became so much more rewarding and easier when I stopped being a lecturer and became a facilitator of learning. Inspiring talk Mr Ruhl, thank you.

Brilliant! His last sheet sums it up: Allow students to engage in: 1) Choice 2) Collaboration 3) Communication 4) Critical Thinking 5) Creativity 6) Love for the students

The challenge is not believing in a student centered classroom but in making it happen. It requires knowledge, experience, commitment and daring.

So much passion, even after 37 years of teaching. Certainly going to remember the 6 C's for my classroom. Thank you TedX for possibly one of the most engaging and noteworthy videos to date.

The power of one for many. Thank you for honoring us who teach and those we hope to inspire. Simply incredible.

This genuinely made me teary. I'm still a education student yet his speech made me more inspired to become a teacher. Gonna watch this video again, and again, and again till I become a learner centred teacher.

Thank you for this inspirational "lecture", as teachers we usually tend to become a little selfish just because WE are trying to survive, but in the process we "forget" that the students/kids in front of us are ALSO TRYING TO SURVIVE. In order for both parties to survive, we HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER by ACKNOWLEDGING each others' needs. Unfortunately teachers fall into a big hole of issues dealing with discipline, but we need to start doing things DIFFERENTLY in order to draw our students' attention in a more positive, creative and exciting way. Our students are humans just like teachers and teachers are just as human as their students, that's why we need to approach our students in a way that we as teachers would like to be approached. Our students should have more confidence and boldness to interact and communicate with us. YES! KIDS REMEMBER US, THEIR TEACHER - This alone is a phrase that we should put up as motivation to ourselves, the fact that THEY will REMEMBER THEIR TEACHERS! WOW! We should climb into THEIR world and become more like them (in a certain kind of way...lol) to be able to understand them better so that they realise that WE, THE TEACHERS, are ACKNOWLEDGING THEM and considering their needs in such a way that we want them to ENJOY LEARNING THROUGH US, THEIR TEACHERS, who should also remember the most important component of our "job", to LOVE OUR STUDENTS SO MUCH THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO "HATE " US, BUT LOVE US BACK - All this because of our CREATIVITY in making their learning environment HUMANLY PLEASUREABLE.

"But the greatest of all is love" - had me choked and holding back my tears! How powerful! Any wonder considering it's from the "love chapter" of the Holy Scriptures? (1 Corinthians 13) Thank you, Joe, for sharing your experience and valuable insights. God bless you.

This is exactly why I liked being in uni much more than being in high school. We can sit down and have discussions with our professors about complex medical problems, and we share our interests with our teachers. I've even had several teachers notice my enthusiasm (despite me being very low-key most of the time) and run through the clinic halls (animal hospital) going "I HAVE A CASE FOR YOU!" this year. It makes learning more fun.

I will teach the day after tomorrow for the very first time. I am going to remember your speech. word by word. I will show them love and care for them. Thanks!

How insightful was this TEDtalk! As an aspiring English teacher, this video, although it has been published for a long time, it's still valuable and completely motivational for me. Thank you , TED, for including such wonderful people with wonderful things to share! I truly love this channel.