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Surprise and teaching<\/h2>\n
Surprise therefore has a role to play in teaching but how and why? The answer is fairly straightforward. Surprise upends what learners believe and helps them to make discoveries<\/strong>; giving strong opportunities for independent learning. Socrates and Aristotle thought that, \u201csurprise combined with astonishment is the beginning of knowledge\u201d. This effect brings about questioning<\/strong> and reappraisal<\/strong>, both things which give fresh momentum to curiosity<\/strong> and therefore learner engagement<\/strong>. It will also enable greater memorization \u2014 faced with the surprise effect, learners will have to use all their senses and all their concentration to analyze the surprise component<\/strong>. Doubt therefore triggers a cognitive process which helps memorization.<\/p>\n E.g.: \u201cI\u2019ll never forget my seventh grade French teacher. He invented dictation exercises on the fly with us students as the main characters. I remember how excited and impatient I was to find out who would be in the story and what adventures he\u2019d send them on. He taught me to love the beautiful French language, despite its complications. He also taught me a love of humor and self-mockery\u201d. Fabienne, Support heroine.<\/em> There are 3 types of surprise:<\/p>\n Opt for surprise which incorporates all three components.<\/p>\n E.g.: A colleague says that one of her most memorable moments in training happened quite recently. She did a course lasting a few days on management and feedback. The course enabled her to understand what good feedback is, why it is essential in management and how constructive feedback can help colleagues. On the last day, the trainer handed an envelope to each learner. The envelope contained a hand-written message from their direct manager. Each of the participants\u2019 managers had been asked to write feedback about the learner\u2019s work. There was no lack of surprise and emotion when the participants took some time alone to discover what was written and to recontextualize the aim of the course, when they most definitely were not expecting it. In short, by turning surprise into a cornerstone of your activities, you will be able to capture attention, revive interest and engagement and create memory anchoring opportunities.<\/p>\n Remember, surprise opposes the concept of comfort and security. Yet, it is essential for gaining learners\u2019 trust in order for them to calmly absorb new information. So, these moments must come at certain stages of the learning session, such as the introduction or conclusion.<\/p>\n Opt for the discovery phase to create surprise and a \u201cwow effect\u201d<\/strong>, or to deconstruct an idea \u2014 an impressive presentation ritual, a surprising fact about a concept, an unknown fact \u2014 anything that can kindle curiosity and challenge learners. In Freinet pedagogy for example, discovery is a specific moment in learning which allows trial and error<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Another option is during the conclusion phase. The concept has at this point been learned and you may wish to:<\/p>\n Surprise is a good lever for this and it will enable you to deeply ingrain the concept, specifically by shifting from the learning stage about \u2018the norm\u2019 to the stage about managing \u2018exceptions\u2019.<\/p>\n A concrete example: NASA trainers show the movie Armageddon to their future recruits so they can see all the incoherencies in the movie. To date, the best applicant found 168 errors in a 2-hour thirty movie. Not bad huh?<\/p>\n Routine can be extremely important for creating common places and shared experiences. The summer, Halloween and Christmas vacations come around each year. Use existing conventions to think outside the box<\/a><\/strong>. In the same way as you might choose a background for your training course in a web conference, provide a surprising graphic universe for your mobile courses too, to mark a holiday or an important company event.<\/p>\n Of course, you can go even further by proposing specific activities on your application \u2014 advent calendars using microlearning, escape games, treasure hunts, brain-teasers and so on.<\/p>\n E.g.: \u201cYusuke Imai and Ayami Moteki, nameless paints<\/a>\u201d. Have you ever heard of nameless paint? Artists Yusuke Imai and Ayami Moteki from the Uma Moteki studio created a paint set without color labels, which is thought to broaden creativity, but it also and more importantly helps us to learn the composition of secondary and tertiary colors. You will no doubt agree that this is a surprising way to learn!<\/p>\n Need to initiate a change which will be difficult for learners? Need to train people on a subject that isn\u2019t particularly \u2018sexy\u2019? Need to train learners on a tool, a practice or a new process? If you can\u2019t attract them based on the substance, focus on the form. Just like the BPCE Group<\/a> and their cybersecurity Escape Game, thanks to the application, you will be able to gamify complex subjects and make concepts which may seem unclear or overly dense, more memorable.<\/p>\n Example 1 :<\/p>\n
\u2192 By including students in the story, the teacher created surprise, remotivated students and enabled maximum memory anchoring.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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\u2192 The envelope and the message within represented a gift; the infrequence of this type of moment led to a powerful experience, while the content of the message gave full meaning to the course.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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Moments in which to surprise<\/h2>\n
Surprise participants during the discovery or conclusion phase of a training session<\/h3>\n
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A surprising experience to create loyalty and a sense of belonging<\/h3>\n
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