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What Formators Need to Know
How Adults Learn Best.
How to Make Classes More Engaging
Once Upon a Time…There was a Formator Director who had a new class ...What to do?
There was a Formation Director who needed some new IDEAS …Where
to find them?
▪Turn to your Partner on the Left Side
▪Discuss: (1 minute)
▪How is teaching adults different from teaching children.
▪ Traits of the Adult Learner
▪ Learning Styles & Strategies
▪ Ways to Get Members Involved
▪ Feedback
▪ Facilitating a Class
▪ Motivating Adults
▪ Few Techniques
▪ Gain Knowledge –▪ Francis – the Order – the Charism
▪ Develop Our Spiritual Life & Relationship with God
▪ Discernment – Is there a vocation?
▪ Relevancy to Our Life
Self Directed
Less Open Minded
Practical & Result Oriented
Use Personal Experience as
Resource
High Expectations
Multi-level Responsibilities
What we rememberis in direct portion to the amount of involvement
Reading
Hearing Words
Seeing
Watching a movie, Seeing an exhibit, Watching a demonstration, Seeing it
done on location
Participating in discussion, Giving a talk
Doing a dramatic presentation, Simulating the real experience, Doing the real thing
After two weeks,
We tend to remember….
........................……………..10% if what we READ
…………………………..……..….20% of what we HEAR
…………………….…..……..30% of what we SEE
…………...50% of what we See & HEAR
………….…..70% of what we SAY
…..……90% of what we DO
ACTIV
E
PASSIV
E
(Based on the research of Edgar Dale, originator of “The Cone of Learning”)
Visual
Auditory
Kinesthetic -
Tactile
We all learn
differently
However, we all
use most of these
styles - most of us
have 5 senses
▪ SAY – “Let me DO it.”
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▪ Say – “Tell me.”
My
Fair
Lady
Get members involved in their learning
▪ Allow learners to experience what they are learning
▪ Have them show you that they are involved, learning, thinking
Discussions
Similarities & Differences
Games, Table Tops
Experiments
Write on Charts, Boards
Summarizing
Teams – Cooperative Learning
Reports or Presentations
Demonstrations, Simulations
Checking for Understanding
▪ Non-verbal ways to see if your group is with you.
▪ Ask their opinions, ask an open-ended question
▪ Thumbs Up (Agree)
▪ Thumbs Down (Disagree)
▪ Thumbs Sideways (No Sure)
▪ OR..
▪ Stand/Move by the Poster you feel that is more like you
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Son
Holy Spirit
Father
CIOFS
NAFRA
Juan de PADILLA
St. Anthony Fraternity
Friars Minor
Capuchins
Francis
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Chart Title
Series 1 Series 2 Series 3
Graphic organizers are tools that can
be used to visualize and organize
information.
Graphic organizers are often used as
prompts for learners to fill in the blanks
Graphic organizers provide many
benefits to learners who use them
Helps learners structure their thoughts,
write a report or complete a project
▪Chunking is breaking large amounts of information into smaller teachable sections.
▪ It helps people remember and assimilate information.
▪Smaller bits are easier to process
▪ Give everyone several POST ITs (or small sheets of paper
▪ Break reading into sections
▪ Read and draw a picture of what each section means
▪ Put the papers together in sequence and put it in front of them on the table (you can gage their progress)
▪ Some or all can post their storyboard on the wall/board
▪ Have some people read their story from their storyboard
▪ Result is the most people will be able to recall most of the information in a short amount of time
1181/2 Francis’
Birth
1202 Francis taken
prisoner in Crusades
1203 Ransomed by
Father
1204 Participates in Crusade but vision
directs him to return
home
1205 Francis’ Conversion Cross of San
Damiano speaks to him
1206 Francis returns
clothing to Father in front of bishop
1208 Francis understands
he is to Rebuild
Church by teaching the
Gospels
1209 Francis founded the Friars Minor with blessing of the Pope
1212’ Francis ad Clare
found the Poor Clares
1221 Francis founded the
3rd Order which
includes Lay People
1224 Francis receive
Stigmata
1225 Francis write
Canticle of the Sun
1226 Francis died on
October 3 at 44 years of
age
1228 Francis is Canonized
1980 Francis named
Patron of Ecologist
Many members have Smart Phones today.
Text them a question and have them text you back either as an ENTRANCE Ticket (while you do housekeeping tasks) and to start an initial discussion
OR as an EXIT Ticket to get out of your class!
Peace with you,
Carl Candidate,
Tomorrow, meet me at
the door and tell me -
What is so special
about August 2?
– Fanny Formator
Hi Fanny,
August 2 is the day
You can gain the
Portiuncula
Indulgence, right?
Rock On, Carl
OR as an EXIT Ticket to
get out of your class!
WRITE A TEXT
NAME 1 THING YOU
LEARNED TODAY
_________________
HOW DID YOU DO
TODAY AND DO YOU
HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS?
____________________
SEND ME AN EMOJI
EXPLAINING HOW
YOU FEEL ABOUT
BEING A SFO!
REACHING THE
YOUNGER GENERATION
Fannie,
I am confused!
Can we talk?
Carl Candidate
Hi Carl,
Let’s meet
after the gathering
Peace,
Fannie Formator
T
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▪ EXIT TICKET - Ticket to leave” is an ideal way to end a class.
▪ It can serve a number of purposes:▪ Provide feedback to the formator about the class;
▪ Require the student to do some synthesis of the day’s content;
▪ Challenge the student with a question requiring some application of what was learned in the lesson.
▪ The Exit Ticket should require only a brief time to respond to, certainly no more than five minutes, but perhaps only 1-2 minutes.
▪ The “ticket to leave’ is not intended as a major task, rather, a quick summarizer having one of the purposes listed above.
▪ The responses should not be part of formal assessment, but it can provide valuable feedback to the teacher.
FeedbackParticipation Focus Prompt
ADVERTISERS DO –
AND IT AFFECTS OUR BEHAVIOR!
The Bucket List
From Fr. Scully’s
Seed Sown
“GOSPEL TO LIFE”
▪ Use Humor
▪ Accommodate busy schedules
▪ Incorporate Technology
▪ Provide Opportunity for choices
▪ Accommodate group interactions
▪ Challenge learners with games
▪ Put a face on it – real life situations
▪ Add Suspense – Don’t give out everything your lesson is about in the beginning –Give an overview with some interesting points. Keep them listening
• Build trust
• Model positive attitude
• Give supportive
feedback
• Stick to a schedule
• Create a “parking lot”
for deviations off topic
• Ask open-ended
questions
• Respect every member’s
feelings
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
▪“…When members walk out of the room, they take Franciscan Spirituality with them”
▪ ~ Sr. Josephine Boyles OSF
Today, we have discussed:
▪ Traits of the Adult Learner
▪ Learning Styles▪ Ways to Get Members Involved▪ Getting Attention & Feedback▪ Facilitating a Class▪ Motivating Adults▪ A Few Techniques & Resources
▪ Your task is to Motivate and Teach about Francis’
special relationship with God through his unique
way of following the Gospels.
Now, ask yourself –
▪
▪ What is it that motivates you and makes you
passionate about being Franciscan.
That is your special task, to bring that same
passion to your formation classes
Start by doing what is necessary
Then what is possible
And suddenly,
You are doing the impossible.
~ St. Francis of Assisi
And change the world!