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Scientology basics for total ignoramuses

I am teaching Scientologists at the moment and they want to learn in a specific way and have asked me to learn how to teach them. Why not? So, here are the notes I am making while learning how to teach a Scientologist.

Basics of Scientology
• Religious philosophy
• practical methods to better
• knowing about knowing

Basics of Study Technology
• study technology used to learn
• willingness to know
• focus on how can I apply this
• student must be an empty cup, not feel they know everything

First barrier of study: Absence of mass
• must have the thing you are studying in front of you
• it must be real and tangible, practical
• pictures and words are not enough
• demonstration kit full of objects
• clay demonstration - a kind of visualisation

Second barrier of study: Too steep a gradient
• babysteps
• go back to find where the track was lost

Third barrier of study: The misunderstood word
• not understood or wrongly understood word
• unable to take in the info directly after word
• students blame the teacher when they don't understand

Clearing words
• dictionary, make sure dictionary isn't complex
• make a sentence
• or several if word has several meanings
• include archaic, math-type definitions
• explore word origins
• explore idiomatic uses
• explore usage, synonyms
• go back to the text, check understanding

Simple words
• small words need exploration too

Zeroing in on the word
• can't find it - read aloud
• do in pairs - aloud and clearing, swop
• or one of pair more literate, teaches

More info
Principles of studying (keeping it simple and explaining the parts first)
Glossary (clarity about the meaning of words is central)

Pretoria Scientology Ministry contact details
273 Brooklyn Road
(012) 362 3129
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