Reading Material for Lesson 4.5 Demonstration Plan

4. what is Demonstration plan?

4.3. Key points for conducting effective demonstration

•    In order to ensure the success of demonstration, the instructor must prepare the plan minutely and very seriously, collection of material related to the demonstration needs to be well-planned in advance.

 •    The demonstrator must rehearse the activity several times before the real demonstrations for a smooth sequencing of the steps as well as accuracy of the result.

 •    Arrange the learners around the demonstration area or at a distance where they will be able to observe fully what is going on as shown in Fig 2.


  • Arrange the tools, instruments, raw materials etc. required for the demo on the table in a sequential order systematically according to the step of its use as per the demo plan.
  • The place must be quiet in order to sustain the observers attention and interest during the activity; Remove irrelevant items from demo area if any, to avoid distractions.

  • During the demonstration, the clear language should be used so that learners may understand the instructional step easily.
  • They are allowed to take down short notes or record some data which may be analysed afterwards.
  • The instructor can use various teaching aids like models, chalkboard, graphs etc. during demonstration. It helps learning easier, and quickier for permanent learning.
  • After the demonstration learners should be involved to do imitate the simple or complex part of the step of activity demonstrated by the instructor.
  • Depending on the kind of demonstration to be undertaken, pointers or questions may be used to focus learner's attention and avoid distractions.
  • While the workshop trade instructor arrange the trainees standing around the demonstration table, the computer trade instructor may arrange the trainees comfortably sitting and observing the effects of step by step activities on the image displayed over the big screen with the help of multimedia projector. (Fig 3 and 4)





  • Each trade instructor has to plan and arrange the demonstration activities according to the specific skills and their complexity to transfer them to the learners.
  • Learning by imitation or copying is a very fundamental and common kind of learning. A novice copies an expert in a field of skilful work. Somebody serves as a model for somebody else. You as an instructor serve as a skilled expert of your trade for your trainees. You should be always aware of that.