EXPOSITORY STRATEGY

Dr Nithya Prem S R
EXPOSITORY INSTRUCTION

• It is the use of an expert to explain a concept or give information

to the student.
• The expert could be an instructor, a textbook, or an educational
video, just to name a few.
• It involves presenting clear and concise information in a
purposeful way that allows students to easily make connections
from one concept to the next.
• The structure of an expository lesson helps students to stay
focused on the topic at hand.
• When students are discovering information on their own, they can
get distracted and confused by unnecessary information and have
difficulty determining what's important. This is why expository
instruction is one of the most common instructional strategies.
• Most educators believe students learn new concepts and ideas
better if all of the information they need to know is laid out
before them.
ADVANTAGES

• Information presented is well organized. Overview, introduction,

examples, the transition from one law to the other, and summaries are
presented at the right time to make the concepts crystal clear.
• It is a more disciplined form of teaching and the idea behind the
expository method of teaching is lesser distractions as a teacher takes
up the charge in the class and guides the lesson. They tend to use
language and examples that are relatable to the students of that age
group.
• As the teacher is thought of as an expert in this form of teaching so
there are fewer chances of students misinterpreting the information.
They know how to take the learners from concrete to abstract levels. If
a learner has good listening skills, he can grasp more information in a
lesser time.
DISADVANTAGES

• “Lectures are periods of time during which the notes of the

lecturer are transferred to the notebook of the students without
going through the brains of either.” - Bligh. Bligh’s quote denotes
that students’ involvement in some lectures can be lacking.
• While lectures can be efficient in covering a large amount of
content in a short time. The lecture may not always be effective.
Again, student engagement in the lecture is a vital factor.
• Sometimes students complain of boredom