GUIDE TO CONCLUSIONS

Conclusions are a very important part of any session, as they summarise for the students everything they have learnt. They can also be used to make sure whether you have achieved your aims and objectives.

The worst ending of a session is to run out of time without any conclusion and just say, “Sorry, we’ll have to finish that next time.”

A good conclusion is SAFE.

S = Summarise what the students have learnt during the session.

A = Assessing or testing whether the students have learnt what you set out to

to teach them. This will usually be done by questioning individual

students or asking them to do something to show what they have learnt

e.g. hold a saw the correct way. It is no good saying, “Have you all understood that?”, because most Solomon Islands students will be ashamed to admit in public that they have not understood.

F = Future or looking ahead. Set work for them to do after the session:

“homework” or practice. Or tell students what you are going to do next time.

E = End on a positive note of encouragement or congratulations if possible.

Note: As with using GLOSS for introductions, each of these points must be linked to your particular topic in your session plan:

not ‘summarise steps’ but ‘summarise back stitching’;

not ‘explain next topic’ but ‘next topic - fuel systems’.