为了教授回调，你必须先教授指针。一旦学生理解了指向变量的指针的概念，回调的概念就会变得更容易。假设您使用的是C/ c++，可以遵循这些步骤。

First show your students how to use and manipulate variables using pointers alongside using the normal variable identifiers. Then teach them there are things that can be done only with pointers(like passing a variable by reference). Then tell them how executable code or functions are just like some other data(or variables) in the memory. So, functions also have addresses or pointers. Then show them how functions can be called with function pointers and tell these are called callbacks. Now, the question is, why all these hassle for calling some functions? What is the benefit? Like data pointers, function pointer aka callbacks has some advantages over using normal identifiers. The first one is, function identifiers or function names cannot be used as normal data. I mean, you cannot make a data structure with functions(like an array or a linked list of functions). But with callbacks, you can make an array, a linked list or use them with other data like in dictionary of key-value pairs or trees, or any other things. This is a powerful benefit. And other benefits are actually child of this one. The most common use of callbacks is seen in event driver programming. Where one or more functions are executed based on some incoming signal. With callbacks, a dictionary can be maintained to map signals with callbacks. Then the input signal resolution and execution of corresponding code become much easier. The second use of callbacks coming in my mind is higher order functions. The functions which takes other functions as input arguments. And to send functions as arguments, we need callbacks. An example can be a function which take an array and a callback. Then it performs the callback on each of the item of the array and return the results in another array. If we pass the function a doubling callback, we get a doubled valued array. If we pass a squaring callback, we get squares. For square roots, just send appropriate callback. This cannot be done with normal functions.

可能还有更多的事情。让学生参与进来，他们就会发现。希望这能有所帮助。

你觉得不舒服，所以去看医生。他检查了你的身体，认为你需要一些药物治疗。他开了一些药，并把处方打电话到你当地的药店。你回家吧。稍后，你的药房打电话告诉你，你的处方已经准备好了。你去捡吧。

回呼是一个贴了邮票的回邮信封。当你调用一个函数时，就像发送一封信一样。如果您希望该函数调用另一个函数，则以引用或地址的形式提供该信息。

当我们有两个函数，函数a和函数b，如果函数a依赖于函数b。

然后我们调用函数b作为回调函数。这在Spring框架中被广泛使用。

将方法看作是将任务交给同事。一个简单的任务可能如下:

Solve these equations:
x + 2 = y
2 * x = 3 * y

你的同事勤奋地计算了一下，并给出了以下结果:

x = -6
y = -4

但是你的同事有一个问题，他并不总是理解符号，比如^，但是他通过它们的描述理解它们。如指数。每次他找到其中一个，你就会得到以下信息:

I don't understand "^"

这就要求你在向你的同事解释完这个角色的含义后，再重写一遍你的整个指令集，而他并不总是在问题之间记得。而且他也很难记住你的建议，比如直接问我。然而，他总是尽可能地遵循你的书面指示。

你想到了一个解决方案，你只需在所有的指令中添加以下内容:

If you have any questions about symbols, call me at extension 1234 and I will tell you its name.

现在，无论何时他有问题，他都会打电话问你，而不是给你一个糟糕的回复，让整个过程重新开始。

程序员Johny需要一个订书机，所以他去办公用品部门要了一个，填写完申请表后，他可以站在那里等着店员去仓库里找订书机(就像一个阻塞函数调用)，或者去做其他的事情。

由于这通常需要时间，johny在申请表格上写了一张便条，要求他们在订书机准备好取书时给他打电话，这样他就可以去做其他事情，比如在办公桌上打盹。