The document discusses the explanation skill, which is an important teaching skill that allows teachers to simplify complex topics for students. It notes that explanation involves making topics easier to understand without losing essential information. Effective explanation should be simple, clear, concise and interesting. It then lists various maxims and components of providing a good explanation, such as using coordination between statements, avoiding irrelevant information, speaking clearly, and including connecting links and clear introductory statements. The document emphasizes that explanation skills are necessary for effective teaching and learning.

1. EXPLANATION SKILL
PRESENTED BY:- MS. SHIKHA CHOUDHARY
ASSISTANT PROFESSSOR
IAMR B.Ed COLLEGE GHAZIABAD

2. EXPLANATION SKILL
 EXPLANATION Skill is one of the important skills a teacher must have. Skill of
Explanation simply means that how a teacher makes a complex topic simpler so
that the students can grab that topic without any trouble.
 Every Teacher uses this skill in the classroom without the use of this skill, an
effective presentation is not possible.
 For an Effective Teaching- Learning Process, A teacher must have the skill of
Explanation.
 For Good Explanation, teacher try to approach a lot of tactics in order to make a
complex topic easy so that the students can grab the knowledge properly.
 Different teaching Maxims which are used during the Explanation can
contribute a great difference. These teaching Maxims helps a teacher during
Explanation of a Difficult Topic.

3. EXPLANATION SKILL
 Explaining addresses the questions “ why” , “how” and “what” ?
An effective explanation should be:-
 Simple
 Clear
 Concise
 Interesting Effective explanation requires careful and sensitive planning,
it also requires recognition of a number of essential characteristics.

4. MAXIMS OF TEACHING
1. From Simple to Complex 2. From Known to Unknown
3. From Seen to Unseen 4. From Concrete to Abstract
5. From Particular to General 6. From Whole to Part
7. From Indefinite to Definite 8. From Psychological to Logical
9. From Analysis to Synthesis 10. Follow Nature
11. Training of Senses 12. Encouragement to Self-Study

5. COMPONENTS OF EXPLANATION SKILL
1. Coordination In Statements
2. Lack of Irrelevant Statements
3. Fluency in Languages
4. Connecting Links
5. Clear Beginning Statements
6. Use of Proper Words

6. COMPONENTS OF EXPLANATION SKILL
1. Coordination In Statements:- The Statements used by a teacher
while explaining should be coordinated because the explanation becomes
meaningless once the coordination is lost between words and sentences, and
so the students are misinterpreted.
2. Lack of Irrelevant Statements:- All the statements should be
related to one another while explaining because there is no use of irrelevant
statements in the teaching as it takes much time and mislead the students
as well.

7. COMPONENTS OF EXPLANATION SKILL
3. Fluency in Languages:- During the teaching-learning
process, the teacher should have the language fluency, it should
be Audible, Clear and Sound with the proper pause in teaching
so that the student can hear properly.
4. Connecting Links:- Connecting links are very important
while explaining, most of the teacher uses proper Examples,
Idioms, Phrases, and statements for the effective explanation.

8. COMPONENTS OF EXPLANATION SKILL
5. Clear Beginning Statements:-It is very Important to share the idea
about what to teach in the class and it should be very clear to the students so
that they become ready to learn something in the class.
6. Use of Proper Words :-Teachers must use proper words and
sentences in order to make no mistake while Explaining, these proper words
leads a good explanation which it is easy to understands and more
convenient for the students. There should not be any unwanted sentences
while teaching.

9. S.No Desirable Behaviours Undesirable Behaviours
1.
Using appropriate beginning and
concluding statements.
Using irrelevant statements.
2. Using explaining links. Lacking continuity in statements.
3. Covering essential points. Lacking fluency.
4. Testing pupil's understanding.
Using inappropriate vocabulary, vague
words and phrases.
COMPONENTS OF EXPLANATION SKILL

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