1. Alternative Mentoring Styles, or
Jon Lipscombe
“Why Jon should not be a massive hypocrite and
give a developmental lecture on alternative ways
to develop the understanding of people while
thoroughly ignoring his own advice and instead
present material in a pedagogically unsound
fashion with ridiculously long, run-on sentences
which are not easy to read, digest or learn from.”
2. Make them do stuff
○ Discussion
○ Problems/Situations
○ Actual judging!
○ Activities
6. Not just cramming!
Audio IPG Annotated IPG Judgecast
Mystical Tutor Judge Booth Cranial Insertion
Knowledge Pool Magic Rules Tips Blog
Magic: the Judging Mystical Tutor Live!
And many more...
7. Closing thoughts
o Investing in the future
o Teachers always learn something
o Collaboration leads to less duplication
Notes de l'éditeur
Brief background of Jon
What is mentoring anyway?
A lot of judges learn by reading the Comp Rules and using their existing knowledge of the game, in addition to practice tests. This is fine, but doesn’t suit everyone.
The education sector relies a lot on active learning - developing understanding by doing things rather than listening or reading. I will endeavour to take my own advice!
Brief runthrough the 4 types - stress that this is one theory and not gospel, but people tend to have a preferred type of learning. Bias in judging population towards reading - could be self-selective due to mentoring methods, or based on personality types
Have cardsorts on tables from the beginning - reference them and demonstrate their use
Examples of each type of question - emphasise that not all aspects are appropriate, but they are a way to develop somebody’s understanding of ideas.
JWS - “What would happen to Cryptic Command if you chose targets before modes?” - Evaluation
Brief runthrough of various ideas - open the floor to any others
Investing our time and effort into prospective judges makes them feel valued and more successful. This leads to more judges progressing within the program, helping ease the load on L2s.
We develop ourselves as a result of teaching others - helps build our understanding and see fresh, new perspectives
If we collaborate and collect our resources (project plug) then we won’t duplicate our results - more can benefit from less effort
