Teaching 411 Blog“Students hate to be taught, but they love to learn.”

So far we have discussed the teacher, the learner, the communication and the lesson separately. Now we need to observe how these elements work together in function. The actual work of the teacher consists of the awakening and setting in action the mind of the student, the arousing of his activities.

Thus, the teacher must excite and direct the activities of the student and as a rule never tell him anything he can learn for himself. Make your student a discoverer of truth — make him find out for himself.

“Wake up your pupils’ minds”;
“Set the pupils to thinking”;
“Arouse the spirit of inquiry”;
“Get your pupils to work.”

As the teacher, it is your responsiblity to create an atmosphere for the true function of teaching. This function is to create the most favorable conditions for self-learning. True teaching isn’t giving knowledge but creating the desire to gain knowledge.

The work of the teacher is to use their skills to excite the student about gaining knowledge and then supplying the atmosphere and conditions for the student to learn.