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Expand Up @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ It's important to allow the learner to form an idea of what they will achieve ri

Providing the picture the learner needs in a tutorial can be as simple as informing them at the outset: *In this tutorial we will create and deploy a scalable web application. Along the way we will encounter containerisation tools and services.*

This is not the same as saying: *In this tutorial you will learn...* - which is presumptuous and a very poor pattern.
This is not the same as saying: *In this tutorial you will learn...* - which is presumptuous and a very poor pattern. It reduces the learner's experience to the passive receipt of information. Learning contributes to the learner's pre-existing understanding and is influenced by many factors, such as motivation, cognitive load and cognitive conflict. To state *...you will learn...* reveals that the tutor is ignorant of *how* knowledge is acquired.


Deliver visible results early and often
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The child learns all this by working alongside you in the kitchen; in its own time, at its own pace, **through the activities** you do together, and not from the things you say or show.

With a young child, you will often find that the lesson suddenly has to end before you'd completed what you set out to do. This is normal and expected; children have short attention spans. But as long as the child managed to achieve something - however small - and enjoyed doing it, it will have laid down something in the construction of its technical expertise, that can be returned to and built upon next time.
With a young child, you will often find that the lesson suddenly has to end before you'd completed what you set out to do. This is normal and expected; children have short attention spans. But as long as the child managed to achieve something - however small - and enjoyed doing it, it will have laid down something in the construction of its technical expertise, that can be returned to and built upon next time.