Instructor's Manual
for
Introduction to Bonsai
A Course Syllabus
(Your Teacher's Assistant for
Basic Bonsai)
by Tom Zane
During 15 years of teaching beginning
bonsai with some success and, of course, some failures, Tom Zane
assembled notes, used various audio visuals, did various demonstrations
and had the students participate in sundry exercises. Most of
this ended up in the teaching copy of the Syllabus. This Instructor's
Manual is the result.
The Instructor's Manual is designed
to make your preparation for teaching Basic Bonsai as easy and
as thorough as possible. It is intended to be used with the student's
resource book, Introduction to Bonsai - A Course Syllabus . The
Manual provides a complete lesson plan based on the text of the
Syllabus. It includes suggestions for teaching the basic materials
and incorporates supplemental classroom exercises and enrichment
resources beyond the basic material in the Syllabus. Most of
this is inserted into the text at the point where it seems to
be the most applicable.
Chapter materials in the Manual provide
the basic lesson plan as well as additional resources to support
your presentation for each chapter in the Syllabus. The topics
in the chapter materials portion of the Manual use a similar
organization throughout to help you locate the information which
you need quickly.
For each chapter of the Syllabus, the
Instructor's Manual supplies a detailed lesson plan, pointers
and considerations, suggests primary and optional activities,
lists equipment and supplies and where appropriate, offers related
material beyond the basics. In short, it provides you, the teacher
a detailed step-by-step guide. Over 150 pages in a 3-ring binder.
An Appendix lists sources of audio visuals
Another Appendix describes many items of print material about
bonsai.
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