Facilitating Site Guide

For the first month as a second yea i had the opportunity to assist in the training of the first set of site guides. To say the least i learnt a lot;

• among other things i learnt patience...just because something is obvious to me doesn't meant that it is so clear to other people especially students that are in the veld for the first time in their lives,
• I learnt that most people learn by doing (kinesthetic learning) and therefore taking the students out into the bush accomplishes lots more than sitting in a class with them.
• Giving constant positive feedback gives them confidence and this in turn gives them the boost to want to learn more.
• The most difficult stumbling block or barrier to overcome is a student who does not want to learn. As soon as you have them at the point where they want to learn more for themselves you have won three quarters of the battle.