Teaching & Learning
“WHEN ONE TEACHES, TWO LEARN”
ROBERT HEINLEIN
Our 12 principles for comprehensive teaching and learning approaches:
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Teachers' knowledge of the subject matter is essential to the implementation of important teaching tasks
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Active involvement of the learner enhances learning
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Interaction between teachers and students is the most important factor in student motivation and involvement
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Students benefit from taking responsibility for their learning
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There are many roads to learning
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Expect more and you will achieve more
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Learning is enhanced in an atmosphere of cooperation
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Material must be meaningful
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Both teaching and learning are enhanced by descriptive feedback
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Critical feedback is only useful if the learner has alternatives to pursue
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Time plus energy equals learning
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Experience usually improves teaching
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