Education is changing, and so is Teacher training.
A lot has changed during COVID-19. The way we live, eat, and the shop has changed. Much of what we do is now online, and that includes education, as well. In other words, children spend more time online, and they prefer to learn online as well. However, the educators teaching in a classroom prefer writing boards and books. That has created a generation gap. Consequently, teaching today’s children has created new challenges as well as opportunities. As a result, there is an urgent need to reinvent teacher training at all levels.
Why do we need to redesign teacher training?
Children spend lots of time using electronic devices. As a result, they have less attention span. Making children concentrate on an activity is a challenging task. Teachers need to learn how to make children complete a task.
Media has made young children learn from stories and poems. In other words, child-like jingles and stories are more than lectures.
YouTube has become more popular than Google. What does that mean? We spend more time watching than reading. Adults and kids both prefer watching videos over reading text.
Children are good at searching online. That has made them independent learners. They can help learn faster if motivated to learn online. Meanwhile, we still like to spoon-feed them one piece of information at one time.
How to redesign teacher training
1. First thing first, teachers should learn to change, anytime, all the time.
2. They need to be good singers as well as storytellers.
3. Do searching for kids, make them search.
4. That makes motivation one of the best tools to learn as a teacher.
5. Use videos instead of pictures and pictures instead of lectures.
These five strategies may sound too simple to be true. However, it can be difficult to implement them in a post-COVID-19 environment.
Guess what? EAST is here to help, so you don’t need to worry. You will find amazing guidelines in EAST teacher training videos. They will help you implement these strategies. You can also use them to scientifically design and learn new teaching techniques. You will see a sea of differences in students’ performance with the help of teacher training.
