What are your favourite Teaching Tools?
Dery Alim b. Terry says: "Learning via memorisation alone is somewhat static and flat like a book. Admitedly it is needed to build up our collection of experiences and examples handed down to us that we can instantly refer to. However, it is only when those memorised words become mental images that they become alive! This is because a mental image is 3-dimensional and dynamic. The idea can now be manipulated by the mind's eye so as to view it from new angles and perspectives, or creatively modify it to improve upon it. If not, it stays a corpse of an idea that we may not even recognise if viewed in a new context or slightly different angle.
Idris Alim b. Terry says: "Which is more important; the question or the answer?"
Imagery
Imagery is using everyday ideas to explain complex, abstract ideas (e.g. Love, Quantum Physics, etc) in a way that is more simple, concrete and familiar to the listener (e.g. Family, trees, animals, etc). This is far more fun than being told in a factually, accurate way, since it engages the listener's imagination and allows them to relate to the idea being learnt to better understand it.
Be careful, the imagery should be explained afterward by linking it to your core concept, otherwise the listener may misinterpret it or take the analogy literally.
Try it! I challenge you to try to explain a complex concept to someone using simple, familiar imagery. Do they understand the message you intended? (you can ask them to explain it back to you to check their understanding)
Questioning
Questioning is a technique which uses questions to teach. Rather than telling them the answers, you ask them specific questions which elicit the answer from them! (e.g. Instead of saying "the moon does not emit its own light, it only reflects the light of the Sun". you might ask: "does the moon have light?" - "if the moonlight is from the moon, why is the dark part of the crescent not lit up too?" - etc) This is far more fun and liberating than being told the answer since it engages the listener to actively participate in the learning.
Be careful, the questions should be well thought out, or else the creativity of the listener's answer can take the topic into unknown tangents, away from your desired message.
Try it! I challenge you to explain a concept to someone using ONLY questions. Can you lead them to your desired answer? How many questions did it take you?
Dery Alim b. Terry says: "Learning via memorisation alone is somewhat static and flat like a book. Admitedly it is needed to build up our collection of experiences and examples handed down to us that we can instantly refer to. However, it is only when those memorised words become mental images that they become alive! This is because a mental image is 3-dimensional and dynamic. The idea can now be manipulated by the mind's eye so as to view it from new angles and perspectives, or creatively modify it to improve upon it. If not, it stays a corpse of an idea that we may not even recognise if viewed in a new context or slightly different angle.
Idris Alim b. Terry says: "Which is more important; the question or the answer?"
Imagery
Imagery is using everyday ideas to explain complex, abstract ideas (e.g. Love, Quantum Physics, etc) in a way that is more simple, concrete and familiar to the listener (e.g. Family, trees, animals, etc). This is far more fun than being told in a factually, accurate way, since it engages the listener's imagination and allows them to relate to the idea being learnt to better understand it.
Be careful, the imagery should be explained afterward by linking it to your core concept, otherwise the listener may misinterpret it or take the analogy literally.
Try it! I challenge you to try to explain a complex concept to someone using simple, familiar imagery. Do they understand the message you intended? (you can ask them to explain it back to you to check their understanding)
Questioning
Questioning is a technique which uses questions to teach. Rather than telling them the answers, you ask them specific questions which elicit the answer from them! (e.g. Instead of saying "the moon does not emit its own light, it only reflects the light of the Sun". you might ask: "does the moon have light?" - "if the moonlight is from the moon, why is the dark part of the crescent not lit up too?" - etc) This is far more fun and liberating than being told the answer since it engages the listener to actively participate in the learning.
Be careful, the questions should be well thought out, or else the creativity of the listener's answer can take the topic into unknown tangents, away from your desired message.
Try it! I challenge you to explain a concept to someone using ONLY questions. Can you lead them to your desired answer? How many questions did it take you?
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