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Learning and Teaching Strategy

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.

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Learning and Teaching Strategy

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  1. Learning and Teaching Strategy Direction Instruction

  2. 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

  3. Effective Teaching • “Effective teaching is not a set of generic practices, but instead is a set of context-driven 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.”

  4. Instruction Curriculum Goals of Education Conceptual Base

  5. Instructional Strategies Direct Interactive Experiential Instructional Skills Planning Presenting Questioning Demonstrating • Instructional Methods • Lecture • Case Studies • Debate • Cooperative Learning • Enquiry • Group Discussion • Role Play

  6. Instructional Strategy • Strategies determine the approaches a teacher may take to achieve learning objectives • Direct • Interactive • Experiential • Independent

  7. Instructional Methods I • Direction Instructions • Lectures • Explanation and Demonstrations • Guest Speakers • Guided Readings • Didactic Questions • Structured Overview

  8. 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

  9. Fitness for purpose • Time • Physical Environment • Class size • Cost • Content knowledge • Learning materials • Teaching style / teacher background • Learning style / student background

  10. Key to success • If the presenter is: • Knowledgeable, perceptive, engaging and motivation • Then direction instruction can : • Stimulate reflection • Challenge the imagination • Enhance curiosity • Develop a sense of inquiry

  11. Limitations • Emphasizes Listening • Student: passive • Requires an attentive audience • Get little feedback from students • Difficult to develop higher-order thinking

  12. Appropriateness • Fundamental Theory / Rules • Historical Events (Timeline) • Biographies of Religious Figures • Large amount of information (Table form) • Declaration • Law and Ordinance

  13. 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

  14. Thank You

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