Do you remember the last time that you tried to learn something new?

This question must drive all teachers around the world. So, think about it again: Do you remember the last time that you tried to learn something new?

Was it easy? Was it fun? How do you show that you learn it? How does someone assess your learning outcome?

If you are a teacher, after some years, you might forget how was this learning process at those days, when you were a student.

Trying to help us to remember those days and to think about these previous questions, Hamk Staff invited us to perform a task totally new. We would learn how to draw applying a paintbrush tool, in Tavastia Facilities.

There, we had a teacher starting the lesson in Finnish, to show how important is the communication between teacher and student. Can you figure out how weird was it for Brazilian teachers? Because we had been studied in English past two months and then he started a class in Finnish.....

The message was: Don't speak Finnisk for your student. You must work to make yourself clear for your student, adjusting your speech for help him/her to learn.

After that, we got some idea about the task that we had to run. Then, our teacher said for us: "Explain for each other what to do". Then we started to talk about our subject, trying to accomplish our task.

The message was: Learning by teaching is a powerful approach to learn and to keep students focused on their studies. Don't be afraid, let them tried to learn with fun!

Of course, during this process, we had some questoins or doubts. So, our teacher and his team showed us the last and, maybe, the most important lesson of the day. Bear in mind that anybody had a previous training about how to draw or to paint using a paintbrush tool. Anybody was confident about outcomes and skills. Bacause of that, everybody was ashamed for trying or showing what she/he had made. Then, our teacher started to give us compliments and encouragement. It makes all of us work harder than before and creating new things whitout any fear.

The massage was: Positive psychology change the world and it is the best strategy to make your students starting to work. It means Learn by doing.

At the end, we had to assess what do we have learned that day. We discussed about the experiences and shared our outcomes. After that, I myself can say after it: learn is hard. Assess the learning outcome is harder than that. But, it is an amazing adventure that can be fun for everybody.

#edu4f
Antonio Jr