COMMUNITY · CODING & ADAPTIVE TEACHING

Mom, what is love?.

My mother answered: patience and empathy, with boundaries. I understood the words only after I tried to teach.

THE MOMENT I CHANGED COURSE

I arrived thinking I would teach code. I left understanding that I had to learn how someone else learns.

Volunteer coding instruction · Beijing Deep-Breath Learning Center

MY CONTRIBUTION

I taught Scratch and Python, adapted lesson pace and activities to learners’ needs, and used feedback to revise my teaching notes.

I expected one explanation to work for everyone. It did not. I needed to adapt the lesson to the learner.

I broke activities into smaller steps, slowed the pace, and built on each learner’s strengths.

Their patience with me reminded me that learning goes both ways.

I try to carry that forward: notice the person before the problem, and be willing to change my approach.