A quick guide to Explaining. (Most of this may seem really obvious…but I think it is worth spelling out; we can always explain better!)
1) Make connections from abstract ideas to everyday life.
2) Show it in action; the walk-through.
3) Use models…
4) Use pictures.
5) Analogies.
6) Set a depth gauge.
Reciprocal Teaching.
Direct — Tell...
Teaching is the heart of the matter — a process of transforming students and professors into persons possessing knowledge, wisdom, critical reason, and moral judgment, all proved in the life of care for others. Teaching is forming relationships with students, as we discover new ways of life and being in the world.
And I think I'm a firm...