I’m studying to be a teacher so I’ll try and give you some of the theory we get.
First things first: keep in mind who your audience is, this determines what type of lesson is most effective. What age group are they in? What is their foreknowledge of Bayes’ Theorem? Do they have any special interests you could use in your class? What subjects are they studying at your college?
If you only get to teach one class on the subject I suggest going easy on the amount of content. You will never be able to fit all of the applications of Bayes Theorem in one hour so pick one or two and make it look awesome. Getting students hooked is the hard part but once you do they’ll start learning on their own.
Most people don’t like things that are to abstract and long formula’s tend to scare them off. Be very specific and use a lot of real world examples. Shokwave made an excellent suggestion here: an overarching theme to serve as a guiding principle. Betting is a good idea but try and give it a very specific setting: horse races, betting on the elections, card games, betting on a sports event (if your college has a sports team you can use them) Let them actually do stuff, don’t just give an hour long lecture.
Last but not least: be enthusiastic about the subject! If they see you having fun with it, chances are they’ll have a good time as well.
If you can give me some more background information on the students and what content you wish to cover I could throw some ideas your way.
I’m studying to be a teacher so I’ll try and give you some of the theory we get.
First things first: keep in mind who your audience is, this determines what type of lesson is most effective. What age group are they in? What is their foreknowledge of Bayes’ Theorem? Do they have any special interests you could use in your class? What subjects are they studying at your college?
If you only get to teach one class on the subject I suggest going easy on the amount of content. You will never be able to fit all of the applications of Bayes Theorem in one hour so pick one or two and make it look awesome. Getting students hooked is the hard part but once you do they’ll start learning on their own.
Most people don’t like things that are to abstract and long formula’s tend to scare them off. Be very specific and use a lot of real world examples. Shokwave made an excellent suggestion here: an overarching theme to serve as a guiding principle. Betting is a good idea but try and give it a very specific setting: horse races, betting on the elections, card games, betting on a sports event (if your college has a sports team you can use them) Let them actually do stuff, don’t just give an hour long lecture.
Last but not least: be enthusiastic about the subject! If they see you having fun with it, chances are they’ll have a good time as well.
If you can give me some more background information on the students and what content you wish to cover I could throw some ideas your way.