In order to improve how I work with people I have been reading about different teaching styles and methods.
One that stands out for me is the Feynman Technique.
Basically to really know a subject you should be able to break down even the most complicated matter and simplify it.
Try and structure it in your mind and simplify it in a way that might be understood by a child.
Try and do this in your own words so that its not just rhetoric or the words of others.
This is a way of confirming to yourself that you have a grasp of the subject.
Making something sound so complicated that only a genius could understand it might be good for your ego but is a very ineffective way of conveying knowledge.
Parroting the words of others is often used to convey the illusion of knowledge.
This may prove that someone has a good memory for words and phrases but is only effective, in teaching, if those words and phrases are used in context.
The Feynman Technique is as much about learning as it is about teaching.
To know a subject you must be able to break it down and simplify it to the point where you can explain it to a child.
Now, if you are working with an animal you must be able to break it down and simplify it to a point where you can help the animal learn it.
You might consider that you only have actions to make your point.
