To Teach, You Need to Persuade

Your lesson plan is competing for attention.

David Weller

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In ‘Why Students Don’t Like School’, cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham says that just as an author has to persuade the reader not to wander off, so a teacher has to persuade students to continue learning.

“Teaching is an act of persuasion”

- Daniel Willingham

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David Weller

Lessons, stories and visuals to develop your language teaching and learning. 20 years in education, 3 books, and a twice-monthly newsletter.