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MoU on Soft Soil Engineering1996 - 2001
Regional Teaching Program 2001 Teaching
concepts Republic of Indonesia Kingdom of the
Netherlands RT-B1 July 9th - 2001
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Teaching conceptsContents
Part 1 Practice Part 2 Theory
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Teaching concepts

• Part 1 Practice
• preparation
• making a screenplay
• time table
• using resources
• room, arrangement facilities
• opening and closure
• dealing with participants
• dealing with questions

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Teaching concepts

• Part 2 Theory
• 3 in 1 (subject matter - teacher - participant)
• objectives content
• start situation (for who)
• learn by adult people
• methods and educational appliances
• evaluation

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Didactic model
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Preparation (1)
4 Questions 1 Do I master the subjects? 2
choice of subjects and structure clear? 3 fulfil
needs of participants? 4 Which subjects should
be part of the lecture?
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Preparation (2)

• Best way to explain?
• Text all written
• fully read out
• say text by heart
• use of headwords

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Preparation (3)
Each subjects gt First show main topics
Written language ? spoken language !
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Screenplay (1)

• Content of screenplay
• all subject matters using headwords
• exercises
• methods and educational appliances
• choice of resources
• planning of hand-overs (text, exercises etc)
• time schedule

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Screenplay (2)
Example Time Subject Resources 9.00 Opening,
getting acquainted sheet announcements
breaks, lunch 9.20 objectives of course,
expectations flip-over 9.40 ...
gt Use own screenplay gt Use notebook gt
Detail?
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Time schedule

• rehearse lecture
• sheet, 3-4 minutes
• questions during/after lecture
• leave room for questions

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Use of resources (1)

• Whiteboard and blackboard
• Flip-over
• overhead projector/sheets
• slides and film
• video

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Use of resources (2)

• Whiteboard
• easy to write on
• easy to clear (Non permanent marker)
• limited area (70100 cm)
• Remind
• readability of handwriting
• Font !!
• pace of writing
• clarity
• neatness

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Use of resources (3)

• Tips
• Start with clean board
• maintain eye contact
• write only necessary items
• dont talk when writing

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Use of resources (4)

• Flip-over
• same pros and cons as whiteboard
• Extra pros
• information can be stored
• pages can be attached to wall

Readability essential!
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Use of resources (4)

• Tips
• eye contact
• when right-handed, flip-over right-side
• Markers dont use too much colours
• faultless writing

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Use of resources (5)

• Overhead projector
• presentation for larger groups
• building up of arguments using multiple sheets
• sheets can be written on

gt Handling of sheets should be rehearsed
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Use of resources (6)

• Tips
• use pointing device
• dont show sheet too long
• clean and neat sheets
• Fonts large enough
• no copied pages
• number of lines lt7
• darken the room
• per sheet 3 a 4 minutes

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Use of Sheets WRONG
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Example sheet Wrong
1 Objectives of my lecture concerning subject a -
line one of item 1 with a long sentence - line
two of item 1 with a long sentence - line three
of item 1 with a long sentence 2 Awaking with
respect to target groups - line one of item 2
with a long sentence - line two of item 2 with a
long sentence - line three of item 2 with a long
sentence 3 To come to an uniform style and
certification - line one of item 3 with a long
sentence - line two of item 3 with a long
sentence - line three of item 3 with a long
sentence
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Example sheet Right

• Objectives
• Awakening
• Uniform style

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Use of resources (7)

• Slides and Film
• Pro
• Visual and auditive
• Con
• darken room
• preparation time consuming
• participants drowsy

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Use of resources (8)
Video

• Pros
• illustrative as film and slides
• camera observation
• interactive
• Cons
• too small

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Room, arrangement facilities (1)

• Location unknown
• size classroom
• flexible set-up?
• Available resources
• coffee, tea, meals
• contact person
• opening hours location
• be present 1 hour before start

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Room, arrangement facilities (2)

• Checklist
• screenplay etc.
• list of participants
• course material
• resources needed (whiteboard,flipover,
  multimedia)
• sheets, whiteboard markers
• clock
• grouping, formation
• water and glasses
• air-conditioning
• lighting

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Room, arrangement facilities (3)
grouping, formation
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1 Multimedia 2 Whiteboard 3 Screen
2 theatre grouping
1 horseshoe grouping
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Room, arrangement facilities (4)

• 1 horseshoe grouping
• discussions
• eye contact participant to participant
• Contra
• lecturer eye contact to participants

• 2 theatre grouping
• lot demonstration
• lot projection
• lecturer eye contact to
• participants

This Seminar ?
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Opening of lecture

• Tips
• welcome speech
• introduction
• name cards
• announcements (housekeeping, lunch, breaks)
• scope and objective of seminar
• schedule of seminar
• rules (questions, etc)
• max 20 minutes

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Closure of lecture

• Tips
• Next time?
• Homework
• Evaluation
• verbal
• using forms
• word of thank
• say goodbye
• max 30 minutes

gt in case of critics, dont defend
yourselves but say thank you !
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Dealing with participants

• Get attention by talking about
• interesting subjects
• usable subjects work situation
• Keeping attention by
• being open to participants
• right form of teaching
• Tips
• Everybody needs appreciation
• participants needs participation
• keep eye contact

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Attitude to participants

• Attitude lecturer
• enthusiastic
• dedication
• expertise

• Tips
• preparation of lecture(s)
• be on time (opening)
• make contact
• keep eye contact
• be positive
• accept some stress

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Handling of questions

• Stimulate questions
• rephrase the question
• listen attentive to questioner
• answer question for whole group

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Asking questions (1)

• Why?
• Stimulation of thinking
• some groups are not open
• ask questions to whole group
• ask question to 1 person
• no answer, go to next one
• questions should be open

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Asking questions (2)

• Closed questions
• starts with verb
• can be answered by YES or NO
• Examples
• Do you know?
• Are you measuring each day?
• Is this a standard procedure?

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Asking questions (3)

• Open questions
• starts with How, What, Which, When, Why
• cannot be answered by YES or NO
• Pros
• gives much information
• encourage participants to think
• keep the initiative
• pleasant atmosphere
• Examples
• When does the project starts
• Why do you have to do those measurements?
• How much labourer do you need?

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Asking questions (4)

• Steering questions
• suggestive questions
• participant has to think
• Example
• What are the positive aspects of this decision?
• And what are the negative aspects?
• Remind Thinking is learning

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END of lecture
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