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Six steps to teaching

1. THE RIGHT "STATE"

* Orchestrating the environment.

* Positive mood of teacher, student.

* Affirming, anchoring and focusing.

* Outcome and goal-setting: What's In It For Me?

* Visualize your goals.

* Regard mistakes as feedback.

* Peripheral posters.

2. THE RIGHT PRESENTATION

* Getting the Big Picture first, including field trips.

* Using all learning styles and all intelligences.

* Drawing, Mind Mapping, visualizations.

* Active and passive music concerts.

3. THINK ABOUT IT

* Creative thinking.

* Critical thinking-conceptual, analytical, reflective.

* Creative problem solving.

* Deep memory techniques for permanent storage.

* Thinking about your thinking.

4. ACTIVATE TO DRAW OUT

* Use it and practice it.

* Games, skits, discussions, plays, including all

learning styles and all intelligences.

5. APPLY IT

* Use it outside school.

* Do it.

* Turn students into teachers.

* Combine it with what you already know.

6. REVIEW, EVALUATE AND CELEBRATE

* Know that I know.

* Self/peer/instructor evaluation.

* Ongoing review.

This is a Jeannette Vos checklist for teachers and trainers to set up a model integrative accelerated learning program.