I certainly noticed an improvement in my teaching this week and the classes are now a lot calmer - probably down to me being less stressed. I'm also beginning to notice more about my students and (through their homework) picked up weaker students I hadn't immediately noticed.
Teaching adults often means that we neglect homework as it is hard to enforce, but it is clearly worth the effort. After only a week I've been able to take some corrective action and I'm confident of improving the student's performance. There is evidence that we may misjudge an adult's ability to control and manage out-of-school learning (Cooper and Corpus 2009), so we should allow them the opportunity.
Cooper, C.A. and Corpus, J.H. (2009). "Learners' developing knowledge of strategies for regulating motivation". Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 30(4) 525-536.
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