This article explores the importance of the teacher’s personal lesson example as a pedagogical tool in the education of primary students. The focus is placed on the psychological, social, and developmental factors that influence how children internalize values, skills, and knowledge when they are demonstrated directly by the teacher. In primary education, where students’ personalities are still forming and their capacity for abstract reasoning is limited, the teacher’s behavior, communication style, and personal demonstration of knowledge become the most powerful drivers of learning. The article also highlights the methodological aspects of employing personal examples, the benefits and challenges of this approach, and the long-term implications for the holistic development of children.

primary education, teacher’s example, personal demonstration, value formation, modeling, pedagogy.

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