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

The third element of teaching is COMMUNICATION. It does no good to design great lessons filled with fantastic content if the teacher fails to communicate the information.

Just like in the Lesson Element, the teacher must capture the learner’s attention and keep it. In order to do this the teacher must be fired up and enthusiatic about the subject material. If a teacher has not mastered the material the presentation will be cold and lifeless and useless.

Also the teacher must be sure to use the language and vocabulary of the learner. It is the teacher’s responsibility to introduce new vocabulary that will be needed for complete understanding.

For successful communication the teacher must know the material well enough to present the lesson with the proper language, vocabulary and enthusiasm.