Professional educators already understand this point, but teaching is a very individual matter, and interactive teaching can be very demanding on a busy person. Here, we recall some of the key aspects of the learning process. We have provided this advice before consideration of the technical material, so that readers can remind themselves of the importance of the advice when choosing work exercises and training projects, later in this package.
Adults learn best when they are actively engaged.
Accordingly, this package relies on interactive teaching methods, using working exercises, case studies, and groupwork problem-solving, rather than on lecture format. Interactive techniques are more complex to organize than simple lecture-giving, but they give better results. In particular, interactive methods are more likely to provide students with practical skills. This is important where skill development rather than factual knowledge is the objective. Lectures are better at providing factual knowledge than at developing skills.