The Law of the Teaching Process Cont. (of Heart)

C. Rules for teachers (Cont)

10. Repress the desire to tell all you know or think about the lesson. Let what you tell lead to a question.

11. Give the pupil time to think; encourage him to ask questions when puzzled.

12. Restate the questions you are asked, try to answer in such a way to lead to a new question or deeper thought.

13. Teach the pupils to ask: What? Why? How? Where? When? By whom? What of it?

14. Recitations should not exhaust a subject.

D. Violations and Mistakes

1. Attempting to force the lesson by simply telling.

2. Failure to try to remember what needs to be remembered.

3. Do not require rapid recitations in the words of the book.

4. Not giving pupils time to think about questions raised in class.