Saturday, February 19, 2011

Making Education Fun Is A Quality Of What A Great Teacher Is

By Mercy Thomas


Choosing to be a teacher can be one of the greatest decisions that anyone can make. Helping kids learn is one of those things that can be enjoyable and frustrating at the same time. Finding ways to make class interesting and engaging can be a challenge at times, and through teaching, your efforts will pay off better if you create a cool environment for your students to learn in. Making learning fun is a hallmark of what a great teacher is.

The methods and techniques people use in the classroom depend on the age and grade level of the students. But, there are also plenty of things that you can apply that will make it more fun to do.

One thing that you can do for almost any grade is have role playing activities woven into the lesson plan for the day. Let them get into the shoes of those who they are learning about by dressing up or acting out certain scenes. By letting them get involved, you are engaging them on a different level that will help things stick in their minds.

Think about doing a class project that will involve a public demonstration at the end, such as a concert or art display. If you give them a real world goal to work on, they will be more inclined to learn and then to share what they came up with the rest of the school.

The more involved the kids are in the process, the more they will remember and be excited about the class in general. Do things to keep things interesting and moving along and you will be amazed at the results. Maybe having games with class teams can work, or perhaps having them do a multimedia presentation will do the trick. Anything that is fun and enjoyable will make learning easier.

For business classes, how about developing a business plan that can be applied to the real world, and see how they take ownership of it as it turns into something beyond a lesson.

Think about having a special outside day for your students complete with food and games. This is not only a great way to blow off some energy, but you can also incorporate some of your lessons and let them do a presentation or activity in front of everyone else during the day.

Having a theme day is a great way to wrap all of these ideas into one package. You can create a fun day that is also educational by letting them contribute to planning and preparing. Anything from the food to eat to what they wear can be put together as a group, and they will remember it more than they would a simple lecture.




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