This book presents evidence-based practices that will help you create and deliver lessons that work and build a teaching community around them. Topics include the differences between different kinds of learners, diagnosing and correcting misunderstandings, what motivates and demotivates adult learners, and fostering a healthy community.

Hundreds of grassroots groups have sprung up around the world to teach programming, web design, robotics, and other skills outside traditional classrooms. These groups exist so that people don't have to learn these things on their own, but ironically, their founders and instructors are often teaching themselves how to teach.

There's a better way. This book presents evidence-based practices that will help you create and deliver lessons that work and build a teaching community around them. Topics include the differences between different kinds of learners, diagnosing and correcting misunderstandings, teaching as a performance art, what motivates and demotivates adult learners, how to be a good ally, fostering a healthy community, getting the word out, and building alliances with like-minded groups. The book includes over a hundred exercises that can be done individually or in groups, over 350 references, and a glossary to help you navigate educational jargon.

Autorentext

Greg Wilson is a first time author aged 71, who resides in the beautiful Macedon Ranges region of central Victoria, Australia. Leaving school early, soon led to a 20 year career in the Australian Army, spent serving throughout Eastern Australia, with Active Service in Vietnam. Much more knowledge was acquired during his service and as this was the pre-computer era, prolific reading and regular diary keeping, laid the basis for his autobiography.He is an accomplished distance runner with a marathon career which has spanned fifty years. Most recent has been the pursuit of Australian Age Group Records including those held by "folk legend" Cliff Young.

Inhalt
Introduction. Mental Models and Formative Assessment. Expertise and Memory. Cognitive Architecture. Individual Learning. A Lesson Design Process. Pedagogical Content Knowledge. Teaching as a Performance Art. In the Classroom. Motivation and Demotivation. Teaching Online. Exercise Types. Building a Community of Practice. Outreach. Why I Teach. Bibliography. Appendices