Sticky Teaching

MOHAN, Joseph Bernard

Aug 23, 2012

Teaching that

Sucks...

Teachers

Goal?

Embrace teaching that STICKS...

Cast off teaching that SUCKS

Sticky

Teaching

Sticky

Learning

Why?

STICKY

LEARNING:

What?

BRINGS

CHANGES

UNDERSTAND

& APPLY

RE

ME

MB

ER

How to be Sticky?

• Teachers "Mission" is NOT that easy!

• "When one bases his life on principles,

99% of decisions are already made"

~~~Anonymous

• Use SUCCESS Principle by Chip & Dan

Heath

Making Your

Teaching

•SIMPLE

•UNEXPECTED

•CONCRETE

•CREDIBLE

•EMOTIONAL

•STORIES

SIMPLE Finding the Core of the Topic?

• Find The Core

• So much to teach...temptation to overload

• Inverted pyramid model forces Teacher to

prioritize

SIMPLE Finding the Core of the Topic?

• Find The Core (Use Mind Map)

• Challenge? What's IN and What's OUT

SIMPLE Finding the Core of the Topic?

• Share The Core

• Explain it as simply as you can...

• How?

• Anchor the CORE in concepts students

already know (constructivism)

UNEXPECTED Getting Student Attention?

• How?: Surprise!

• Break the routine...

• Use Gap Theory

• Gap = What students know vs. What we

want them know

• OPEN the gap (CURIOSITY) & then FILL it

(KNOWLEDGE)

CONCRETE How to make our ideas clear?

• Clear ideas help Students Understand &

Remember

• Transform Abstract into Concrete Ideas

• How?

• Ground concepts using analogies and

illustrations

• Spend time thinking about these rather

than the content!

CREDIBLE How to make them believe?

• "Try before you buy" philosophy

• Use evidence, statistics cleverly

EMOTIONAL How to get them care about our

ideas?

• Help Students Care & Feel (to take action)

• Emotional element transforms analytical or

abstract and hits the student in their gut

STORIES How to get them act on our

ideas? • Get Students To Listen

• Stories are attention grabbers

• Create a repository of stories

Who is the greatest?

The Villain of Sticky Teaching

The Curse of Knowledge

Teaching

SIMPLE

UNEXPECTED

CONCRETE

CREDIBLE

EMOTIONAL STORIES

SUCCESS

Taking Initiative

Presents

Unexpected Rewards

MAKE YOUR

TEACHING STICK

References

• Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive

and Others Die by Chip Heath and Dan

Heath

• Teaching that Sticks by Chip Heath and

Dan Heath