They presume some ability or motivation. If you want to enthuse your learners you’ve just got to enthuse the teacher first. And that comes with helping them to really feel confident about what they are doing. But not only once. You don?t want them to master just one activity but many.
The more activities you can offer, the greater the scope for learning. The group can be exposed to more ideas, more often.
Another bonus in encouraging craft teaching is that you give your learners a chance to be taught by a variety of people. People with their own style and personality.
As you know, the instructions themselves are only part of the deal. Whilst they might take the teacher by the hand, how the teacher presents the instructions makes all the difference.
The trick is choosing instructions that makes the teacher confident at every turn. Everything they could possibly have to know should be presented to them in black and white. Hopefully with a colour photo too (we like to see that we’re making!).
So next time you’re thinking about your reluctant learners think about the reluctant teacher too.
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