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Sticky Teaching
MOHAN, Joseph Bernard
Aug 23, 2012
Teaching that
Sucks...
Teachers
Goal?
Embrace teaching that STICKS...
Cast off teaching that SUCKS
Sticky
Teaching
Sticky
Learning
Why?
STICKY
LEARNING:
What?
BRINGS
CHANGES
UNDERSTAND
& APPLY
RE
ME
MB
ER
How to be Sticky?
• Teachers "Mission" is NOT that easy!
• "When one bases his life on principles,
99% of decisions are already made"
~~~Anonymous
• Use SUCCESS Principle by Chip & Dan
Heath
Making Your
Teaching
•SIMPLE
•UNEXPECTED
•CONCRETE
•CREDIBLE
•EMOTIONAL
•STORIES
SIMPLE Finding the Core of the Topic?
• Find The Core
• So much to teach...temptation to overload
• Inverted pyramid model forces Teacher to
prioritize
SIMPLE Finding the Core of the Topic?
• Find The Core (Use Mind Map)
• Challenge? What's IN and What's OUT
SIMPLE Finding the Core of the Topic?
• Share The Core
• Explain it as simply as you can...
• How?
• Anchor the CORE in concepts students
already know (constructivism)
UNEXPECTED Getting Student Attention?
• How?: Surprise!
• Break the routine...
• Use Gap Theory
• Gap = What students know vs. What we
want them know
• OPEN the gap (CURIOSITY) & then FILL it
(KNOWLEDGE)
CONCRETE How to make our ideas clear?
• Clear ideas help Students Understand &
Remember
• Transform Abstract into Concrete Ideas
• How?
• Ground concepts using analogies and
illustrations
• Spend time thinking about these rather
than the content!
CREDIBLE How to make them believe?
• "Try before you buy" philosophy
• Use evidence, statistics cleverly
EMOTIONAL How to get them care about our
ideas?
• Help Students Care & Feel (to take action)
• Emotional element transforms analytical or
abstract and hits the student in their gut
STORIES How to get them act on our
ideas? • Get Students To Listen
• Stories are attention grabbers
• Create a repository of stories
Who is the greatest?
The Villain of Sticky Teaching
The Curse of Knowledge
Teaching
SIMPLE
UNEXPECTED
CONCRETE
CREDIBLE
EMOTIONAL STORIES
SUCCESS
Taking Initiative
Presents
Unexpected Rewards
MAKE YOUR
TEACHING STICK
References
• Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive
and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan
Heath
• Teaching that Sticks by Chip Heath and
Dan Heath