How do you effectively teach, train,  instruct,  demonstrate, or even mentor? The Big Idea: Train, Instruct, Demonstrate, Mentor, and effectively succeed in doing so. It’s as hard as you make it, or as easy as you make it.  There are a lot of examples in History, Mathematics, and Science (including technology) regarding training methods.  I have run into my own mental blocks and some deep-seated misconceptions along the way, trying to learn the proper methods.  Studying how people learn can and will be challenging. Pedagogical content knowledge & Effective teaching. A little description might help. Nothing too technical, just bits and pieces to pull it together. It’s good to understand…

The Big Idea #2 How do children learn? How do children learn? That is one of the most important questions of a lifetime. It means having the ability and the skill to guide a society toward a better future. My hopes are that STEM courses Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics will provide the next generation with cutting edge thinking. Common sense! Directing our youth and young adults toward STEM is paramount to our society. Children’s Knowledge and the Brain Learning zones. A little bit of old school, and a little bit of new. In essence individual learners have a learning “zone” (Vygotsky, 1978). The zone of proximal development, demonstrates that…