Product reviews for How to Explain Absolutely Anything to Absolutely Anyone

Covering a wide age range, this book is packed with ideas for those teaching ages 7 to 16, as well as providing useful and reassuring guidance for aspiring teachers. We would all love to be clear explainers and it's easy to think that it is a gift rather than something that can be learnt, but this book proves the error of thinking that way. The author explores a range of techniques, starting with the importance of strong subject knowledge and including metaphor, repetition and storytelling. Backed by research into cognitive science and the study of linguistics, readers will learn how to express ideas in a way suited to their audience. The author looks at the practicalities of using the right language for the age of students as well as encouraging autonomous learning. the book examines how the most effective writers and speakers manage to transform even the most messy, complicated idea into a thing of wondrous, crystalline clarity. Then, by provoking greater thought and contemplation around language choices in the classroom, Andy spells out how the practical tools and techniques discussed can be put into practice. The ideas are surprisingly simple but extremely effective and confidence building, with a fresh new approach.

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