Blog 16: Answer 2

1. What is your EQ?
What is the most significant factor for effectively teaching karate to children?

2. What is your first answer?
The most significant factor for effectively teaching karate to children is for an instructor to be patient with the children.

3. What is your second answer?
The most significant factor for effectively teaching karate to children is for an instructor to understand the content they are teaching.

4. List three reasons your answer is true with real world application for each.
Answer 1:

• Everyone gets content at their own pace
• No good trying to force anyone to learn something faster than they can
• An instructor can't get angry if the kids don't get it
• If a teacher did that the parents would jump on that fast
• The right amount of information should be given to them
• Too much and people fall behind

Answer 2:

• Without knowing the content, the content cannot be taught effectively
• Trying to teach something you don't know is near impossible
• Understanding the content well makes for a better teaching experience
• Teaching something you understand to someone can be done well
• Knowing the content makes it easier to see errors in students
• While teaching someone something it is easier to notice errors the more you know

5. What printed sources best support your answer?

• Wiley, Carol A. Martial Arts Teachers on Teaching. Vol. 53. Berkely: North Atlantic, 1995. Io. Google Books. Web. 22 Jan. 2015.
• Enkamp, Jesse. "The Karate Kids Teaching Guide: What You Need to Know about Teaching Karate to Kids." Karate by Jesse. KarateNerd. Web. 21 Aug 2014.
• Lindsey, Peter. "An Open Mind." Shotokan Karate. The Victoria Shotokan Karate-Do And Kobudo Association. Web. 3 Aug. 2014.

6. What other sources support your answer?

• Kim, Sang H. Teaching Martial Arts. Turtle Press Corporation, 2000. e-book.

7. Tie this together with a concluding thought

This will be my best answer.