Teacher Training Seminar

The Learner

Gordon R. Clymer

Prague, Czech Republic, May 2006


Introduction:

A.      Leaders Must Recognize and Understand Student Differences

B.       Lessons Must Focus On Students’ Needs and Opportunities

 

 I.  The Learner’s REALITY

            A.  Different in Learning Styles  (See: Loving our Learners)

            B.  In Experience and Retention Factors (See: Learning for Life)

            C.  In Variety of Levels of Learning (See: Levels of Learning)

            D.  In Different Approaches to Learning - Males and Females

          

 II.  The Learner’s Resourcefulness

            A.  In Multiple Skills and Talents  (See: Multiple Intelligence)

            B.  In Conceptualizing New Information With Life Experience

            C.  In Visualization and Projection

            D.  In Association With Both Old and New Information

 

 III.  The Learner’s Responsibility

            A.  To Develop and Maintain Attentiveness

            B.  To Manage or Reserve Time to Study and to Think

            C.  To Question or Seek Clarification of Things Not Understood

            D.  To Imagine and Apply Learning to Real Life

 

 IV.  The Learner’s RETENTION

            A.  Some Things Are Learned Only For the Moment (Short Term)

            B.  Some Things Are Learned Only For the Future (Long Term)

            C.  Most Things Have a Timeless, Universal Application (Life Long)

            D.  The Student Must Be Made Aware of These Retention Goals

 

CONCLUSION:

            A.  The Leader Must Know Each Student and His Uniqueness

            B.  The Leader and the Learner Are the Basic Ingredients in Good

                             Lesson Design and Delivery

            C.  Time, Experience, and Relationships Are Necessary to Prepare

                             For Effective Learning

 

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