| See yourself standing in front of the classroom.
You are full of self-confidence and there is a glow
of positive natural authority surrounding you. You
feel good. About yourself. About teaching. And about your
students. An atmosphere of trust, of productivity
and of joy in learning fills the room.
As you stand there, glance to the right. Yes! It's there.
Right there on the shelf: Your brain-friendly teaching tool-box.
You smile and your confidence is even greater because you
know that in this box you have all of the non-verbal
and verbal teaching techniques you need to get
-- and to keep!-- your students' attention
during the lesson. Everything you need to manage the
classroom calmly, with fewer words. So that you can
save your voice for what you became a teacher to do -- to
teach!
Today you are going to teach the lesson -- maybe math,
physics, a foreign language, communication techniques or
some technical subject -- with Suggestopedia. Music
is playing in the background while you dramatically read
a dialogue which contains all of the new material. Your
students are fascinated! It's like going to the theatre!
Now you ask your students to close their eyes and relax.
Classical music is playing softly in the background
as you repeat the new material. Wonderful! The new material
has been stored in the brain. Three to five times faster
than with traditional teaching techniques.
It's all there -- passively. The next step is to activate
the material in the following lessons: with the creative,
interactive and communicative activities in your toolbox.
You carefully select activities which encourage teamwork
and stimulate all of the senses. You are an expert
at appealing to all learning styles and therefore
the individual needs of each and every student in
your classroom are met. Their creativity, social
behavior and sense of well-being is enhanced.
There is laughter and at the same time they are working
hard. Learning is joyous.
Another lesson has finished. Your students enjoyed it.
You did too. And you are all looking forward to the next
lesson!
You gently close the lid of your teaching tool-box, with
a feeling of gratitude. Yes. Learning can be efficient,
enjoyable, creative and rewarding. It's fun to learn. And
it's fun to teach!
Utopia? Luckily it is reality! In classrooms around the
world. Take a look at our course offering and …
Welcome to the magical world of BRAIN FRIENDLY LEARNING
!!
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