Teaching for learning metaphor

A response to the Your Metaphor Activity
created August 9, 2023 by Mark Shannelly (@mshannelly)

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I have always thought of my teaching philosophy as a performance on a stage. In the previous activity, I equated creating a video game to being in a band, and the teaching philosophy metaphor follows in the same vein.

For a learner to understand the material, I have to approach as if they have never heard it before – which is likely. The same as performing a song as a musician. Touring in a band means playing several concerts in a row, and playing the same songs over and over and over again to the point of monotony. However, the performance isn’t for the performer, it’s for the attendees.

I am admittedly always fighting the sense of “I know this, why don’t you?” when material does not get absorbed. When this happens, I always have to remember that they have never heard this ‘song’ before.

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