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1-Purposes of student presentations |
• Advocacy/persuasion • Training • Teaching and learning • Informing • Assessment |
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Advocacy/persuasion |
This presentation usually involves persuading members of the audience to take some action or make a decision. Examples could include: • support a cause • join a student society • vote for an individual to take up a role on a committee • buy a product or service • choose the best candidate for the job This type of presentation will need a combination of relevant factual content delivered in a convincing and confident style. You will need to communicate clearly and succinctly. Some emotions such as enthusiasm or passion may be used in your delivery if you think this is appropriate, but you need to make sure that you do not embarrass yourself or the audience. |
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Training |
• Demonstrating the use of a piece of equipment • Demonstrating a medical procedure • Training someone in the use of a software package • Training a novice to use a piece of first aid equipment • Demonstrating your communication skills as a trainer • Demonstrating professional practice such as an interview technique, counselling skillsor classroom management techniques. In many vocational and professional courses, students have to learn the skills to use arange of equipment or demonstrate their communication skills. Presentations can alsobe used on these courses as opportunities for practice and rehearsal before the studentis formally assessed and expected to perform in real life situations such as during theirplacements or probationary periods in employment. |
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Teaching and learning |
• Developing a deeper understanding of a topic or text • Covering specific areas of the curriculum in more detail • Explaining an experiment or cooking process • Inviting a visiting expert to speak on a given topic |
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Informing |
• Describe a new policy • Outline a set of instructions • Give a progress report on some research or development This type of presentation is used in many organizations where students or employees are expected to report progress at key stages of a project. It provides evidence of ongoing work and can be used as a subtle measure of control where individuals work to meet deadlines set for the submission dates for these progress reports. |
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Assessment |
Use of assessment can have a positive advantage. For some students, presentations offer opportunities to earn a higher proportion of marks than they might achieve for the written part of their assessment. They may be better communicators and presenters in their use of speech, visuals or technology than in a written mode. These students may feel they need this book less for the general ideas about presentation skills but can use it more for the suggestions about content development. |
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2 Pressures and problems of givingpresentations |
• I would prefer to write an essay rather than deliver a presentation! -Whilst this may not be true, your higher anxiety levels may cause you tobelieve this and you may not use your time as effectively in the preparation, becauseof this anxiety. • I only seem to learn from the content of my own presentations but not when I haveto listen to other students. There is no point attending the other presentations! -if you feel like this, so will your audience, therefore, think about what you can do tomake sure that they learn something from your presentation and find it interesting! • I do not know enough about the topic to give a presentation! -In these situations you may need to use a largeamount of preparation time to develop new knowledge before you feel confidentenough to prepare and plan the presentation. Whilst you may see this as stressful and a disadvantage of presentations, in some circumstances, this is exactly why they arechosen as a method of assessment. • There is so much information on the topic I cannot decide what to include andwhat to leave out! -There will probablybe some guidance and advice in tutorials to help you decide what to include and whatto leave out. • I am nervous of using technology in public -Some presentations are designed to provide opportunities for practice. • I am always nervous about speaking in a public situation -Whilst good preparation and rehearsal will help to reduce some of the nerves, it is only through practice that you will learn to use your nervousness in a positive way that helps your performance. Group presentations are usually a problem. I feel that I do more of the work than other group members! -You may experience higher anxiety levels preparing for and delivering a group presen- tation than for an individual presentation. Problems with group behaviour may divert attention away from the real preparation tasks and more time can be spent arguing or discussing what needs to be done instead of actually doing the work needed to com- plete the preparation. • I think I could earn higher marks for an individual presentation than for a group presentation! |
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4 Examples of student presentations |
1 A Viva to present an overview of your research 2 A seminar presentation 3 A group presentation on a topic allocated to the group 4 A demonstration of your skills in using equipment 5 Non-assessed presentations to report research progress or demonstrate your product 6 An individual presentation for a job interview |
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3 Benefits of student presentations |
• Student-centred participation in their learning • Developing new knowledge and different perspectives on a topic • Practice in a known environment/situation • Increasing confidence to speak and present in front of an audience • Improving marks earned for a module assessment • Developing a wide range of communication and presentation skills • Preparation for skills needed in the workplace • An exchange of roles and perspectives from audience to presenter |
