EDPF is a mnemonic device that reminds you of crucial steps involved in teaching someone. Anytime teaching takes place, from a child learning to make a bed, to someone learning new customer service skills, the teacher imparts knowledge to that person in a certain way, simply called EDPF:
Explain
Demonstrate
Practice
Feedback
If the method of teaching is only lecture, then only a certain percentage of learning takes place. If the teaching incorporates “explain” (lecture that can include visual or audio aids) and “demonstrate,” that would be even better because the demonstration allows the person to see and hear at the same time. If you allow “practice” to happen when the person actually tries to use what was heard and seen, then ...
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