Type of method
Teaching-learning methods
Type of teaching-learning method
Teacher centered
Short summary
"Explanation is a monologue method of teacher communication that helps us understand legal contexts, rules, theories, concepts."
Description
"Explanation is a monologue method of teacher communication that helps us understand legal contexts, rules, theorems, and concepts. ”
In addition to the discussion, the most commonly used method. Its duration is shorter than that of the lecture. It varies between 5-10 minutes and 20-25 minutes, depending on age.
There are three types (Brown and Amstrong 1984):
- Interpretive explanation: interpretation of concepts. Question word: What?
- Descriptive explanation: used to present a process or structure. Question: How?
- Explanatory explanation: it is used to find out the causes of phenomena Question word: Why?
Advantages of the method
We develop the presentation, understanding and thinking of causal relationships by this method.
The challenges, pitfalls of the method and ways to deal with them
The goals must be formulated well, a preliminary knowledge assessment is required.
Questionning technique, condition of questions
It’s worth making a sketch to help with the logical structure of the explanation
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