How to Teach Anyone Anything
Take a deep breath, let it out, and dive right in with these handy tips!
Never Assume
Start from the beginning and never assume they know anything. If you begin with the basics you can be assured everyone is on the same page. Teach them everything building outward from the basics of the subject.
Move it or Lose it!
Get them moving! No matter the age group, adding some stretches or a fun physical activity to your lesson will bring blood and oxygen to their brain which allows for greater attention to you and retention of the information you provide. Start with movement and take breaks for movement if you will be speaking for more than 45 minutes.
Show Your Passion
Noone will learn from a teacher who is not passionate about the subject! If you are tasked with teaching a subject you aren't particularly passionate about, do some research and find something about it you can love, and work outward from there.
Adjust
Have a Backup Plan
Keep a set of index cards on which you have written activities, key points, and extras in case your engagement time runs longer than the material you prepped.
First and Last
Prepare the lesson so the key points are at the beginning and at the end. It's a proven fact that information is what is remembered best, not the middle.
Group Participation
If the lesson allows, set up time for your group to break up into pairs or smaller groups to study or work on a project. Peer group participation is not only fun, it helps break up the speaking and allows for a broader understanding of the information.
Encourage Questions
You will get a better understanding of their level of understanding and can adjust accordingly. No question is a dumb one ;)
No-one Left Behind
Sometimes we can find ourselves focusing on those who are actively participating and leave the quiet ones in the proverbial dark. Try to engage everyone, and ask questions of the quiet ones. Allow everyone to have equal time to speak, participate, and question.
Be Flexible
You have your entire presentation set up, laid out, and practiced. But when you are working with a group of varying individuals, the ship can veer off path. Pe prepared for this, and remember that as long as you keep to the subject in some way you are doing things right.
Praise
Give encouragement and praise. It boosts morale and engagement in a big way!
Have Fun!
This kind of goes along with passion, but is a bit broader. Enjoy your time there, you have to be there anyway, might as well have fun! And make sure to smile. It relaxes everyone and helps uplift the mood. I even smile when I am teaching online, and writing informative articles or correspondence. It makes a huge difference!
Learning takes many forms. Ask for comments after your presentation so you can see how well it was received and what you can do better. There is always room for improvement! The best instructors are lifelong learners. And remember: when the student is ready the teacher appears. You can instruct a person all day but if they are not ready for the information it will not be kept. Do not let that get you down. Do not give up, simply understand.
Have a wonderful week my friends!
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I think a lot of these same principles can be applied to steemit. When you read a post, generally you can feel something from it. If you can't, you can almost tell that the person struggled to write it because it wasn't something they actually cared about or felt passionate about. Great stuff.
I believe you are absolutely spot on!
When I first started here, I was super excited. I have not been so excited about something in a while! Even the people around me in town noticed, lol. And I noticed I would get a fair share of comments informing me that they loved my passion for Steemit! That they could feel it jump out at them from their computer screens! This had a profound effect on me :) From then on I made sure to smile when I am typing (unless it is a not so happy subject, of course) It really does show through!
Funny meme
So true, too! Kids, smh. Lol
Love +fun are two most important ingredients of teaching
It's true, you have to love it. And your have to want to do it for free ;)
Nice article I remembered when I started as a teacher it wasn't easy thinking of how to face the pupils but with time I became used to it. Thanks am proud to be a teacher.
I love hearing that. Teachers are the true leaders of the nation 💜
Adjusting has to be the most difficult aspect of it all, knowing not everyone learns at the same pace , so you have to repeat a topic over and over again so some other people could understand. That could be stressful sometimes.
Right. But I believe if a technique can implement all three types of learning, then repeating can be reduced to a minimum.
What a great article! I am resteeming it so I can reference it for inspiration. Good tips for everyone!
I am so happy you found this inspirational <3 Thank you!
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