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Vygotsky thus believed that we can learn from others, both of the same age and of higher ages and developmental levels. This can ...

Metacognition can help many pupils to engage with their learning. You can find out more in unit 16 Leading in learning. First e ...

Setting future targets Having considered your next steps, you may wish to set yourself some personal targets to support your own ...

Appendix 1 How fresh is fresh? You may have noticed that the supermarkets sell apples and other fruits all the year round. Apple ...

Unit 11: Active engagement techniques Guidance Curriculum and Standards Pedagogy and Practice: Teaching and Learning in Secondar ...

StandardsCurriculum and Guidance Unit 8: ExplainingSecondary SchoolsTeaching and Learning inPedagogy and Practice: Ref: DfES 043 ...

You can work through this unit in a number of ways:reflect on the material and to set your personal targets for the future.sugg ...

Explaining Contents Introduction 1 1 Purposes of explanation 2 2 Characteristics of good explanations 6 3 Planning explanations ...

Resolving the issues These issues can be resolved by planning explanations as part of the lesson- planning process. You need to ...

What I am looking for in your composition is a clear style being used to reflect melancholy and a clear explanation of why you h ...

When explaining relationships in graphswe might say: ‘You can see from the graph (pointing out relevant features) as the tempera ...

5 |Key Stage 3 National Strategy|Pedagogy and practice Unit 8: Explaining © Crown copyright 2004 DfES 0431-2004 Task 1 Purposes ...

2 Characteristics of good explanations Good explanations have a number of common features. A teacher will employ any number and ...

Dynamic opening Explanations benefit from a start that grabs interest and attention. Wragg and Brown (2001) refer to them as the ...

Signposting Important parts of the explanation can be signalled with such phrases as: ‘what is really important to understand . ...

Props A picture (perhaps from an ICT source), a concrete object or a demonstration can add to the power of an explanation as it ...

10 | Key Stage 3 National Strategy|Pedagogy and practice Unit 8: Explaining © Crown copyright 2004 DfES 0431-2004 Task 2 Charact ...

3 Planning explanations When planning explanations it is important to start by considering the purpose of the explanation (such ...

4 Common pitfalls and possible solutions Although explaining is a common feature of teaching, it is fair to say that explanation ...

Explanations are overlong, pupils lose interest You need to think in advance about the key elements of the explanation. In your ...