Demonstrations
What is a demonstration?
You show the participants a practical example of how something happens or how something is done.
How to use demonstrations
- Assemble your apparatus (materials, equipment, gadgets, models etc)
- Practise beforehand to make sure the demonstration will work properly
- Arrange the participants so that they can all see what is going on
- Explain clearly what you are going to demonstrate
- Perform the demonstration. If things start going badly wrong, stop the demonstration and prepare it again for a later session.
Explain what is happening while you perform the demonstration
- Draw a conclusion from the demonstration
- Ask for questions and answer them
- Put aside the apparatus, and regroup the participants
When to use demonstrations
- At any time during the middle of a presentation
- After a discussion of the theory
Why use demonstrations
- To aid understanding by enabling participants to see for themselves how something happens
- To show participants how to perform a task
Source: Adapted from the International Course on Training of Trainers in Labour-Based Road Construction and Maintenance, compiled by David J Mason