Cómo ser un buen profesor ... y un buen estudiante

¿Qué se necesita para ser un buen profesor?. No llega conocer y dominar los contenidos de la materia. Y tampoco es preciso contar con un doctorado y pertenecer a la élite de esa disciplina. Se necesita algo más.

Y, ¿qué se necesita para ser un buen estudiante?. No llega con tener capacidad de trabajo. Se necesita algo más.

Esto es lo que, en síntesis, trata de explicar Kathy Sierra en su artículo Ten Tips for New Trainers/Teachers. Y el título del blog donde aparece, Creating Passionate Users, es la mejor síntesis de esas cosas que se necesitan a mayores.

eCuaderno nos resume las propuestas de Kathy Serra y creo que merecen repetirse aquí por su interés:

Eleven Things to Know

1. Know the difference between "listening" and "learning"
2. Know how the brain makes decisions about what to pay attention to, and what to remember
3. Know how to apply what you learned in #2. In other words, know how to get your learners to feel
4. Know the wide variety of learning styles, and how to incorporate as many as possible into your learning experience
5. Know the fundamentals of current learning theory!
6. Know why--and how--good advertising works
7. Know why--and how--good stories work
8. Know a little something about "the Socratic method". Know why it's far more important that you ask the good questions rather than supply all the answers
9. Know why people often learn more from seeing the wrong thing than they do from seeing the right thing. Know why the brain spends far less time processing things that meet expectations, than it does on things that don't
10. Know why it's just as important to study and keep up your teaching skills as it is to keep up your other professional skills. Yes there ARE professional organizations for trainers, with conferences, journals, and online discussions
11. Know why using overhead slides to deliver a classroom learning experience can--sometimes (often)--be the worst thing you can do
12. Know how -- and why -- good games can keep people involved and engaged for hours. Learn how to develop activities that lead to a Flow State.

Ten Tips for New Trainers

1. Keep lecture to the absolute minimum
2. It is almost always far more important that your learners nail fewer subjects than be "exposed" to a wider range of subjects
3. For classroom trainers, the greatest challenge you have is managing multiple skill and knowledge levels in the same classroom! Be prepared to deal with it
4. Work hard to get everyone to complete the lab exercises, but NEVER give out the solutions in advance!
5. Do group exercises whenever possible, no matter what you've heard
6. Designing exercises
7. Leave your ego at the door. This is not about you
8. Have a Quick Start and a Big Finish
9. Try never to talk more than 10-15 minutes without doing something interactive. And saying, "Any questions?" does not count as interaction!
10. Don't assume that just because you said it, they got it. And don't assume that just because you said it five minutes ago, they remember it now
11. If you're not passionate, don't expect any energy from your learners
    

 

Absolutamente esencial. Todos los que estamos en la enseñanza (profesores y estudiantes) deberíamos anotar estas ideas en nuestra agenda para reflexionar con calma en Septiembre y tratar de aplicarlas en el nuevo curso.