Làm thế nào bạn sẽ giải thích 'truyền thông' hoặc 'phi lý' cho một đứa trẻ bảy tuổi? 3 Trong chủ đề của riêng bạn, chọn một khái niệm hoặc chủ đề đó là khó khăn để giải thích. 4 Nhìn lại qua chương này, và sử dụng nó để chuẩn bị hai cách giải thích khác của chủ đề hoặc khái niệm này. | The art of explaining 2 How would you explain communication or irrational to a seven-year-old child 3 In your own subject choose a concept or topic that is difficult to explain. 4 Look back over this chapter and use it to prepare two alternative explanations of this topic or concept. References and further reading Black P and Wiliam D. 1999 Inside the black box download from . org Black P et al. 2003 Assessment for Learning Putting into Practice Maidenhead Open University Press. Brown G. and Atkins M. 1988 Effective Teaching in Higher Education London Routledge. Brown G. and Hatton N. 1982 Explanations and Explaining A Teaching Skills Workbook Basingstoke Macmillan Education. Kerry T. 1982 Effective Questioning London Macmillan. Marzano R. J. et al. 2001 Classroom Instruction that Works Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement Alexandria VA ASCD. Petty G. 2006 Evidence Based Teaching Cheltenham Nelson Thornes. 181 13 The art of showing Demonstrating physical and intellectual skills Perhaps the most natural way to learn is by imitation. This after all is how children learn to speak their first language - and the method is almost 100 successful How can teachers make use of this method of learning If we accept that a demonstration is showing how by example then it is clear that this method can be employed by a teacher of any subject. As we saw in Chapter 3 it can be used to teach physical psychomotor skills such as how to fillet a fish or weld mild steel but it can also be used for intellectual skills - such as how to use Pythagoras theorem how to write an appreciation of a poem or how to analyse critically a theory in sociology. Most demonstrations will of course be followed by an opportunity for student practice. This chapter considers the demonstration of physical and intellectual skills separately. Demonstrating a physical skill or ability Learning teachers are often terrified of demonstrations they remember the science teachers .
