I have a few “principles” that guide my teaching and planning. One of them is this: Disequilibrium is a good thing.” I say that because as a teacher, I have found most big jumps in learning come when a student is off-balance a bit and can’t automatically process what you are telling them…during that time of disequilibrium, they are paying very close attention to everything! Once they think they know what you’re talking about, their brains put the new information into an existing framework in their brain, and all newness disappears, and so does attention to that new thing. This article talks more about the benefit of forgetting.
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/how-does-the-brain-learn-best-smart-studying-strategies/
Thank you Judy Thompson, of Thompson Language Center, for sharing it.
most big jumps in learning come when student is off-balance a bit + can't quickly process what you are teaching Click To Tweet
Peggy Tharpe teaches, coaches, and publishes about English pronunciation and intonation. She believes that if you understand why something is happening, you're better able to address it and change it. She teaches the "why" of pronunciation as well as the "what" and "how".
