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1- Do not threaten, as possible
Brain, nervous system, and the whole body responds immediately negatively
to threats. Negatively here is related to the emotional state of the learner,
needed to have his gates open for what the instructor tries to transform
of knowledge. No fear from making mistakes, unfair management of competition,
discrimination,or any other kind of fear-invoking instructional behavior.
2-Challenges enhance learning
Unlike negative feelings and emotions that comes out of fear, very
positive and productive emotions immediately come out of felling of new,
and good challenges. Students like challenge more than ease, so be balanced,
otherwise, easiness might bring them to be bored.
3-Your body and face language .. do they really help you?
Non-verbal language can be a success maker, or failure maker.Students,
especially the little ones, are too much sensitive to what they see on
your face, on your hand movements, your looks, eyes, smiles, head movements,
and this non-verbal words or phrases can make or break your plan.
4-Even super computers need Wait-Time!
Wait-Time is essential in brain-compatible instruction. Brain needs
time to process data, recall memories, make logical and calculation processes,
compare, infer, or decide. THREE seconds are just the very minimum researchers
advise you to wait before you let students respond, before you comment,
or give another question.
If we remembered that we are teaching in order to make them think,
not just recall information, we will give them the time needed to make
new information, and it could be only one second that gives us a new Newton!
5-The intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. - CAMUS
Teach your learners how to understand information, then, how to REFLECT.
Reflection, thinking about thinking, metacognitive reflection, are all
aspects and figures of the Intrapersonal Intelligence. Without personal
reflection no deep understanding will be there for the new information
that just have been learned.
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