The role of the  “teacher” is to initiate the process of learning. 

You introduce the idea and form the initial pathway.You  build on the pathway, making it stronger by helping the learner to connect it with what they already know.        

  You  reinforce the pathway so that it is a fairly strong pathway.      

  BUT 

  It takes more than this to learn.   The rest of the job is in the hands of the learner.      

  The learner also needs maintain the general wiring and infrastructure as well  reinforce the new pathway – it is a case of use it or lose it.      

       

 

Few of the learners in your classroom  do their part.

 The few that do are the  top performers – the wired whizzes.      

  These are the learners you love to teach.      

 The majority fall into the Lights are on but no one is home or queasy.      

  The “Lights are on but no one is home”  are making mistakes when it comes to solidifying the “path” and maintaining connections.      

  The queasy are just not taking proper care of their brain health.  Exposing it to toxic amounts of caffeine, not feeding and dousing it in alcohol every weekend.      

 The final category are the “Defunct”.    Those  people who are in this box, should not be  in main stream schooling.   But you may find them in your class right at the bottom.  Typically they are failing to connect,  abusing their brains and come with a healthy dose of ATTITUDE.          

       

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