Learning and Teaching Strategy Direction Instruction Teaching as
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Learning and Teaching Strategy Direction Instruction
Teaching as Decision Making • When planning a lesson, teacher must identify: • Content and processes to be addressed • The strengths, needs and interests of students • Most effective instructional approaches
Effective Teaching • “Effective teaching is not a set of generic practices, but instead is a set of contextdriven decisions about teaching. ” • “Effective teachers do not use the same set of practices for every lesson … Instead what effective teachers do is constantly reflect aboutt heir work, observe whether students are learning or not, then adjust their practices accordingly. ”
Conceptual Base
• Instructional Strategies Direct Interactive Experiential • Instructional Methods • Lecture • Case Studies • Debate • Cooperative Learning • Enquiry • Group • Role Discussion Play
Instructional Strategy • Strategies determine the approaches a teacher may take to achieve learning objectives • • Direct Interactive Experiential Independent
Instructional Methods I • Direction Instructions • • • Lectures Explanation and Demonstrations Guest Speakers Guided Readings Didactic Questions Structured Overview
Strengths • • • Conveys large amounts of information Provides detailed information on concepts Involves step-by-step instruction for skill acquisition Teacher decides what will be taught: highly teacher directed Easier to plan and use
Fitness for purpose • • Time Physical Environment Class size Cost Content knowledge Learning materials Teaching style / teacher background Learning style / student background
Key to success • If the presenter is: • Knowledgeable, perceptive, engaging and motivation üThen direction instruction can : • • Stimulate reflection Challenge the imagination Enhance curiosity Develop a sense of inquiry
Limitations • • • Emphasizes Listening Student: passive Requires an attentive audience Get little feedback from students Difficult to develop higher-order thinking
Appropriateness • • • Fundamental Theory / Rules Historical Events (Timeline) Biographies of Religious Figures Large amount of information (Table form) Declaration Law and Ordinance
Suggested topic • Theory of Conduct • Lecture: The definition of the Act. Utilitarianism and Rule-Utilitarianism • Development of Buddhism in India • Guest speaker • History between the Two Testaments • Lecture + Reading materials
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