Born Trainer

One interesting variation you can resort to during a training session is to let a student explain some concept to one of his colleagues or to the rest of the class. You can use this technique when there is some concept that you have already explained before but still one or more of the students cannot get it while there are others, or at least one other student, who understands it well.

Benefits

Of course you yourself, the instructor, understand the concept well but letting one of the students re-explain it has two benefits. The first benefit is that such student would usually be closer to his colleagues in terms of mentality and way of thinking. When your own method of explanation fails to reach some students, a colleague of theirs who understood the concept from you might be better able to communicate that concept to them. This does not mean you are an incompetent trainer, on the contrary, in order to use such a technique you have to be a highly competent trainer with a lot of confidence. This method could work because the student who is explaining the concept to his or her colleagues might have passed through the same mental obstacles to understand such concept and could therefore possible be able to explain it in a way and in a language his or her colleagues would comprehend easily.

The other benefit of using such technique is to provide confidence to the student who is temporarily taking the role of a trainer and to enhance his or her learning process even more. One excellent way of learning something well is to teach it to others. This very technique will provide such student with a better learning experience.

Besides the two benefits related above for using such technique, letting one of the students, if only temporarily, assume the role of the trainer would provide you with some rest and help conserve your energy during the training process. After the student has completed his explanation, you can always make comments or modifications or assertions about what he or she has said in order to correct any errors or assert what has been correctly mentioned.