2.4 Demonstrating
What?
You offer concrete information in a visual, graphical way and you give the necessary oral explanation.
Why?
A picture says more than a thousand words! Trainees with pragmatic and active learning styles (see 2.5 Learning Styles) need very visual demonstrations.
It works also motivating when the trainees understand things immediately.
How?
- Visualize your manner of thinking, your analysis of a problem.
- Ensure a clear structure with a logical order; show the steps in a process.
- Work in phases if necessary.
- Introduce each phase and focus on the most important points.
- Give a short summary after each phase.
- Take care that:
- the trainees can see the process well,
- the trainees can hear the explanation well,
- the trainees understand the explanation,
- the number of phases and operations can be overlooked,
- the demonstration is not too complicated.
- Give a summary of all phases after the complete demonstration
Mind!
Always check if the trainees understand what you have been demonstrating or explaining.