What is the best method for teaching a new concept to a child or any human?

Answer 1

First of all, gain their attention.

Second, show enthusiasm for the concept yourself--because what you are really doing is "selling" the idea to the student.

Third, have plans for teaching the concept that include many different ways to approach it. People are either right or left brained, which mean they learn either from going from the whole to its individual parts OR from the individual parts to understanding the whole. On top of this, people learn using a combination of three modalities-sight, hearing, and touch. All these things should be taken into consideration when planning.

Fourth, repetition. It is the basis for all learning. Include in this application of the concept--all well and good to know that 1 + 1= 2, but it is much more interesting to know that 1 cookie + 1 cookie= 2 cookies.

Answer 2

Immersion or illustration. Explaining usually does not work by itself. Especially when dealing with complicated concepts.

The best way to learn something is to use all of the senses: seeing, touching, etc..... Usually when you explain something the person has to rely on their imagination or experience to try and tie everything together. For a child this is very difficult, since they have little experiences. However children are like sponges, an open canvas if you will they will learn things quickly using the immersion technique.

Conversely adults, having more experiences and having their reasoning and logic capabilities more or less set, can learn through explanation alone. However when dealing with a totally unfamiliar subject immersion usually works best.

Answer 3

Find out what makes a person learn the best. I've been in teaching in the past and this is a really important thing. Every person learns differently. Some are visual some are verbal some are mechanical. Find a way to make it work for each and every person. You can tell by the way people act. . . for instance you have someone doing math they are counting on their fingers or drawing in the air their visual, if their writing it out, their verbal, and if their drawing things out you got it mechanical. If you're teaching someone a way that doesn't interest them, they will never get it.

Answer 4

Like Queen Latifa says don't be afraid to be u and if u are a good person the child or any others will see that ur life is a thing to be imitated.People especially kids watch and observe grown ups and act out what they see.

Answer 5

Make the teaching very visual, and manipulative if possible. Anything "hands on" and anything "visually stimulating" will stick with them. If youre only dealing with one child at a time, then use anything of interest to them. Coincide something they like with the "lesson", and it will keep their attention.

Answer 6

Introduce the concept in different forms, reiterate it with challenging questions, and stop every once and a while to assure comprehension.

Answer 7

A little pot, some mushrooms, a couple of lines of good coke, and a long night drinking whisky and discussing the desired topic.

Answer 8

Try to show how it fits in with something he already knows & understands.

Answer 9

I find that hand ons tasks are the best.

Answer 10

Fear is the greatest motivator of all.