Tips to giving effective explanations include:
- Understand the content. Identify the key ideas, concepts and principles.
- Find out what the students already know about the content so you can build on their knowledge and engage the student in deep learning.
- Structure your explanation and organise the ideas so it is logical.
- Be clear and concise.
- Make the explanation interesting. Use examples and pauses to emphasise the key points.
- Monitor for understanding of your explanation (e.g. ask for a summary, pose questions).
(Health Education & Training Institute, 2012, p 25).
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