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Module 5 · 16 min read
Understanding Age Groups
A seven-year-old, a fifteen-year-old and a forty-year-old professional do not learn the same way. The same content means three different lessons.
- Cambridge framework: Learning and the learner
- Turkish MoNE competency area: Professional knowledge — developmental characteristics
In this module
- Recognise each age group's developmental needs and attention capacity
- Build the relationship with a teenager on respect rather than authority
- Use an adult learner's experience as a teaching resource
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Children (6–10): senses, movement, story
At this age abstract rule explanation barely works. Learning happens through the senses and through movement. Attention is short — a single activity should not exceed 5–10 minutes, and the type of activity should change several times within a lesson.
- Do not give rules; let them experience patterns and discover the rule by using it
- Movement, songs, crafts, games — these are method, not decoration
- Repetition is not boring but reassuring: the same song works the fifth time too
- Praise should be frequent and concrete
The parent dimension: at this age the real decision-maker is the parent, and what the child says about the lesson is the parent’s only window. Ending every lesson with something concrete the child can show (a drawing, a sentence, a recording) strengthens both the child and the relationship.
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