2nd Edition

Explaining in the Secondary School

By Dr George A Brown, Prof E C Wragg Copyright 2001
    88 Pages
    by Routledge

    88 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book explores strategies for building up a repertoire of ideas, approaches and techniques that allow teachers to develop effective explanatory skills. It covers issues such as the use of an appropriate language register and analogies for handling topics with which teachers might be unfamiliar.

    1. What is Explaining? 2. Strategies of Explanation 3. Analysing Explanations 4. Knowing the Subject Matter 5. Effective Explaining 6. Feedback

    Biography

    Dr George A Brown