1. Purpose This manual is designed to assist Army instructors in teaching efficiently. All officers and noncommissioned officers must know how to teach. As specialists, they may have an excellent knowledge of some phase of the military profession; but in order to teach others, they also must know the best methods and procedures for imparting, their knowledge. This manual presents specific methods and techniques of military instruction which will tend to insure successful teaching. 2. Scope This manual contains principles and techniques for use in the instruction of Army personnel. It is designed also for use in the training of instructors. Recommended lesson outlines are included in the appendixes; these will help the military instructor to present a unit of instruction based upon the subject matter to which the outline pertains.
DesignationFM 21-6
EditionMay 1954
StatusSuperseded
Pages186
FunctionLeadership Training
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)