a�?Effective teaching is critical for student learning, especially in professional fields such as dentistry and dental hygiene. These professions are often taught by expert clinicians who, for the most part, have limited or no prior formal teaching training. In far too many professional programs like medicine, dentistry, dental hygiene, and nursing, effective teachers are produced by happenstance
rather than design. The expert knowledge and technical skills of professionals are assumed to a�?serve as adequate qualificationsa�? for effective teaching, although this is an a�?antiquated theory.a�? (Taken from a�?Studentsa�� Perceptions of Effective Classroom and Clinical Teaching in Dental and Dental Hygiene Educationa�? authored by Dieter J. SchA�nwetter, B.Th., B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Salme Lavigne, R.D.H., B.A., M.S. (DH), Randy Mazurat, B.Sc., D.D.S., M.D.Ed. and Orla Nazarko, B.Sc., M.Sc. in the Journal of
Dental Education (2006) vol. 70 no. 6 p. 624-635)
At CADH, an accredited dental hygiene training school, it is policy that the faculty have more than the expert knowledge in the field of dental hygiene or dentistry.A� Faculty at CADH must hold a professional designation such as aA�certificate or degree in Adult Education a��training in teaching theory and methodology.
Further from the article: a�?the study identified seven categories of effective teaching qualities: individual rapport, organization, enthusiasm, learning, group interaction, exams and assignments, and breadth.a�?
At CADH, faculty are always striving to build on their effective teaching qualities, so as to make the learning experience a positive and productive one for all!
