One of the most important things I learned from 25 years of collegiate teaching was to start where the student is interested. After many years of teaching I found that one of the best techniques to get students to really learn something (as evidenced by later test scores and use of the material to answer new questions) was to begin my teaching with a real question that students could not answer. For instance.
"Why do some men beat their wives consistently and why do their wives stay with them throughout these periods of time?"
I would listen to all their answers and would write some of them on the board. Then I would present some facts about abusers and their spouses, Then more questions about why their answers did not work. Then more facts. By the end of a two hours period they were willing to listen to a theory that brought all the facts together and discounted the prior inadequate answers. Works like a charm especially when they can use the theory to correctly explain a new situation. Teaching became much more interesting when I would return to class a few days later and find several more questions and comments that lead to more discussion that lead to better theories, etc.
Extrapolating this to teaching pool, I would begin with asking her what she wants to learn and then using her answers to show why her answers don't work. This piques her interest to help her find what does work. She might even wind up shooting the cue ball in the corner pocket for 15 to 20 shots because she now realizes that her bridge is part of the problem.
Another technique that worked but has little applicability here, unless some creative individual can find a way to use it was to start a class with,
"Let me tell you how to raise a criminal. Parents must want to learn this because we have so many criminals." Lots of fun and much learning ensues from this approach.
