Hi everyone, Thank you for all of your links and videos.
First of all, I would like to thank Al Black very much for the link to the video of Sarah Adams at the 50th BOS Anniversary Convention (I was there! but I didn't attend Sarah's presentation, sadly). What she says is very important, and too often overlooked. To teach in the best way possible, you must go beyond simply knowing the model perfectly, and make a great effort to empathise with those who, on the other hand, are not familiar with what they are about to fold. One of the reasons which prompted me to send my email is precisely this: too often I encounter teachers at workshops who fail to understand that what seems obvious to them is not so for many others. In this sense, for example, a recurring response to those who ask for clarification on how to fold that left leg is, "we'll fold the other leg too, and then you'll understand". This is a bad answer and, in my opinion, shows a certain lack of preparation and "insensitivity" on the part of the teacher, who, instead of accepting the request for help, simply asks the participants to wait for the same (complex) step on the other leg, effectively preventing those who are stuck on the left leg from understanding how to fold the right leg and then make up for lost time. Another example of not teaching properly, which Sarah also mentions, is avoiding wasting time on simple steps and instead devoting more time to more complex ones. So many times I have participated in workshops where the teacher simply kept the same pace step by step, almost regardless of the complexity, without realising it (at best), effectively putting the class in difficulty. Often, I have participated in workshops where, when the model starts to become complex, the teacher chooses (perhaps for their own convenience) not to show each fold to everyone collectively, but to go from person to person and show the fold to each individual. This is a mistake because typically, in every workshop, there will be people who are able to make that fold on their own; they just need to know/see what the fold is, and when going from person to person and spending time even with those who could have folded it themselves (but they couldn't because that fold wasn't shown) is a huge waste of time, at the least. I still need to look at the pages Hans linked to, I'll do it as soon as possible. Thanks, Lorenzo On Sat, 27 Sept 2025 at 12:02, Al Black <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Lorenzo, all > > A good place to start might be with the recording of Sara Adams > presentation at the 50th Anniversary British Origami Society Convention: > > It's at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jurFXVS6euo You’ll note her > slide deck is there, along with 40+ comments where you can comment on. > > All the best, > > al > > On Sep 27, 2025, at 3:31 AM, Lorenzo via Origami < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Is there an online resource that collects advice on how to best teach a > model during a workshop?Perhaps a place that is ‘open’ to discussion and > further contributions? > > > -- Lorenzo Lucioni Duesseldorf - Germany [email protected]
