Effective Teaching Practices
Making education entertaining.
What is edu-tainment?
Planned and familiar
What is formal?
What an audience member can do if they're scared/nervous about an animal ambassador.
What is sitting on their hands or crossing their arms?
Planned but not familiar
What is nonformal?
Awareness, Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills, Action
A foundation of environmental education.
What is AKASA?
Not planned and not familiar
What is informal?
Trying to limit and get rid of distractions to the audience while teaching.
What is turning down the noise?
People usually get distracted after this amount of time
What is 7 minutes?
Stimulate thinking, Attention getting, Lead into discussion, Action-oriented, Don't forget where you started.
Another foundation to environmental education
What is the SALAD approach?
When an environmental educator teaches in a way that is with enjoyment and engages the audience.
What is enthusiasm?