Avoid outdated teaching practices in today's classrooms!

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Do You Use Outdated Methods to Teach Your Kids?
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If you are using any of the following methods,
its time to change..
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1. Teaching through Memorization

• Accumulation of information is the primary goal
• What It Advocates New information can just be
  added on to the information the child already has

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Do You..

• Expect your students to learn new information by
  reading from a textbook?
• Measure learning by your students ability to
  reproduce facts?

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Heres What You Can Do Instead

• Use kid-friendly tools like online games to
  measure your students understanding of a topic
• Ensure your students have a broader frame of
  reference in which they can understand new
  information

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2. Teaching through the Step-by-Step Process

• Information is introduced in bits and pieces
• What It Advocates Children must learn the
  theoretical considerations before they can
  attempt the actual skill

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Do You..

• Think preschoolers should practice drawing
  diagonal and horizontal lines before they learn
  to write the letter A?
• Believe students should be familiar with grammar
  rules before they learn to write essays?

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Heres What You Can Do Instead

• Give your students direct experience with the
  subject at hand before you teach them theoretical
  considerations.

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3. Teacher-centric instruction

• Classes focus on and revolve purely around the
  teacher
• What It Advocates Teachers must demonstrate
  factual knowledge and try to reproduce the same
  in students

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Do You..

• Revolve classes around lectures?
• Set the pace for learning?
• Expect the entire class to learn at the same pace?

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Heres What You Can Do Instead

• Revolve classes around discovery-based and
  hands-on learning
• Let students set the pace for learning
• Tailor lessons for each child based on his/her
  individual progress

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SOUNDS LIKE A TALL ORDER?

• Dont worry.
• Theres Help!

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Modern Tools to Help You

• Fun games for kids that are available online
  encourage students to apply newly acquired skills
  in virtual settings
• Learning software tailor lessons according to
  individual students pace of learning
• Videos show students places, situations, ideas
  and events that contextualize lessons and enhance
  understanding

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Todays teachers employ modern technology to
accomplish what their teachers couldnt.

• DO YOU?