{"id":1699,"date":"2014-07-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nexteducation.in\/blog\/?p=715"},"modified":"2019-06-21T12:19:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T06:49:48","slug":"should-good-teaching-be-entertaining-too-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nextgurukul.in\/thenextworld\/should-good-teaching-be-entertaining-too-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Should good teaching be entertaining, too?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-717\" title=\"Indian Women with a Laptop\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.learnnext.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/iStock_000003453049XSmall-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">We all speak about good teaching and teaching by engaging the student. How do we engage the student? Should good teaching be entertaining? Does being entertaining mean that it would lack in substance? 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