A lie-to-children is a simplified, and often technically incorrect, explanation of technical or complex subjects employed as a teaching method. Educators who employ lies-to-children do not intend to deceive, but instead seek to ‘meet the child/pupil/student where they are’, in order to facilitate initial comprehension, which they build upon over time as the learner’s intellectual capacity expands. The technique has been incorporated by academics within the fields of biology, evolution, bioinformatics and the social sciences.
from Lie-to-children - Wikipedia
From Greg Wilson’s book Teach Tech Together, point number 6:
The Rules
- Be kind: all else is details.
- Remember that you are not your learners…
- …that most people would rather fail than change…
- …and that ninety percent of magic consists of knowing one extra thing.
- Never teach alone.
- Never hesitate to sacrifice truth for clarity.
- Make every mistake a lesson.
- Remember that no lesson survives first contact with learners…
- …that every lesson is too short for the teacher and too long for the learner…
- …and that nobody will be more excited about the lesson than you are.