A teacher should understand how a learner understands and learns for effective learning could occur - I realized this during the role-play activity last monday. We (my partner and I) were tasked to teach a patient with global aphasia to stand up from sitting. While planning, we took into consideration our patient’s condition, possible difficulties and how we can facilitate easier learning for him. As a patient with global aphasia, he had trouble understanding and communicating using words. As a result, communication is already limited and we had to think of other ways to teach him, like tactile cues and written language/pictures. We had a lot of trials and errors, but I think we got it right in the end. Our teaching experience was evaluated by our classmates, and a lot of good points were pointed out that we weren’t able to think of when planning.
My experience being a learner in a Yoga session was also very educational. During the session, I was more conscious of how learning was being facilitated, how the learners were receiving information and how effective the technique is, since we’re taking this course (teaching). Looking back, I can say that demonstration, tactile cues and words of encouragement were effective techniques to use in teaching a psychomotor skill.
Compared to reflecting on another person’s teaching technique and hearing other people comment on yours, critiquing self/self-reflection was more challenging.
Teaching in Physical Therapy, much like every other skill needed in PT, is very client - centered. Moreover, the teaching techniques we use can make or break our learners’ learning. So every decision we should make regarding teaching them should always have the learner in mind.
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