Seven Ways to Make Your Teaching Come Alive
Here's a great little book: Like all truly good books, a wealth of experience and insight infuses his few words. If you are a teacher of youngsters or adults, this is a book you'll definitely want to absorb. Marvelous for parents too. Dr. Henricks writes:
1. In my judgment, almost every message I've heard could have been reduced in length by at least one-fourth, and in most cases more, if the speaker had known better HOW to say what he wanted to say.
2. So communication is both verbal (primarily speaking and writing) and nonverbal (actions and "body language"), and both these forms must be congruent: What you say must correspond with what they see.
3. So every time you teach, ask yourself, "What do I know -- and what do I want these students to know? What do I feel -- and what do I want them to fee? What do I do -- and what do I want them to do?"
4. So provide direction, not dictatorship. Let them hang themselves, if that's what it comes to. Great is the learning thereof.
5. The Law of Activity tells us that MAXIMUM LEARNING IS ALWAYS THE RESULT OF MAXIMUM INVOLVEMENT. That's true, with one condition: The activity in which the learner is involved must be meaningful.
Source: Teaching to Change Lives