The Silent Teacher: The Gift of Body Donation

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Because students expect you to be talking, the first time you teach without words may require a special move so that students realize that you are already doing something with them, not just preparing something that you will then talk about. Show your students that being familiar with something is not the same as knowing it – Craig Barton – video

Teach in small chunks and fool kids into doing lots of work initially – Femi Adeniran – audio– video The first time I used the silent teacher strategy was when teaching calculating percentages of amounts. I asked the children for silence and explained that I was going to show them a process without any teacher talk and they would then explain in as much detail as possible what I had done. When the player’s answer is incorrect, he is presented with another question of the same kind. The questions are already fixed in advance, but thanks to a random selection of numbers and letters in the case of a wrong answer, the player has to work things out by trial and error.They are guided by a series of questions that start off simple and become increasingly difficult, so that they can use trial and error to work out the rules and logic that lie behind these puzzles.

The surgeon wanted to see if it would be possible to remove the tumour and asked if he could access a cadaver to see what exactly would be involved in the surgery. The whole operating team came to see how they might remove this tumour and what complications they might face. The teacher’s silence demands visual attention from the children and puts a spotlight on the demonstration.Have your coffee whilst sitting in the classrooms of effective teachers – Femi Adeniran – audio– video In the absence of teacher explanation or narration of events, students must piece together the pattern or meaning themselves, developing focus, attention, and problem solving skills.