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HINTS FOR TEACHERS
Wednesday, July 4, 1973
Successful teaching and good broadcasting have a common factor
"they must have something right at the beginning to rivet attention".
Mr. James Hawthorne, Director of Broadcasting, said that a good
teacher and a broadcaster must never "show off" and try to demonstrate that
they know more than the listeners, because they can easily be switched off.
"The best broadcasts and the best lessons are simple",
He was speaking today at the conference for graduands of the Northcote
College of Education,
Concrete practical examples are better than a number of theories,
because they enable the listeners to apply the facts to their own experience.
Mr. Hawthorne also gave valuable advice to the graduands on how to mould a disciplined class, to help the students who could not keep up
with the rest of the class, and when and how to give praise.
He pointed out that the first years of teaching were crucial because
it was the formative period when the young teacher finds his style and establishes
discipline.
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