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Benefit of using models in teaching. Human being is an enemy for anonym. A model can come in many shapes, sizes, and styles. It is important to emphasize that a model is not the real world but merely a human construct to help us better understand real world systems.
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Human being is an enemy for anonym
A model can come in many shapes, sizes, and styles. It is important to emphasize that a model is not the real world but merely a human construct to help us better understand real world systems.
WHY USE MODELS OF TEACHING? • Meet learning needs of heterogeneous groups. • Varied outcomes, different levels of sophistication. • Repertoire of approaches.
What are Models of Teaching? • Prescriptive strategies to guide planning and instruction • Detailed overview of how to teach • Ways teacher supports student efforts • Increases probability of learning certain skills/knowledge. • Promote awareness about how individuals and collective faculty teach. • Helps students learn how to learn. • Conceptual frameworks grouped by purpose and intended outcomes into 4 families.
INFORMATION-PROCESSING FAMILY • Enhances making sense of new information. • Help students learn how to construct knowledge. Information Processing comprises • Inductive thinking • Concept attainment • Mnemonics • Scientific inquiry
SOCIAL FAMILY • Uses group inquiry and problem-solving strategies. • Encourages assimilation and understanding. • Relies on students’ personal and social values. • Partners in learning • Group investigation
PERSONAL FAMILY • Emphasizes self-actualizing, self-awareness, directing destinies. • Exploration and reflection about goals or future careers. • Non-directive teaching • Enhancing self-esteem
BEHAVIORAL FAMILY • Develop mastery in subject matter or skills acquisition. • Seeks specific behavioral changes. • Measurable outcomes.
TEACHER BENEFITS • Improves the quality of instruction. • Systematic approach to planning for instruction. • Facilitates awareness about students’ learning needs. • Offers alternative ways of representing content/skills. • Develop learning experiences that yield successful outcomes. • Facilitates student engagement in more meaningful ways. • Explicit use of teaching models can accelerate rate of learning, capacity and facility in learning.
STUDENT BENEFITS • Increases aptitude for learning and retention. • Learn more rapidly. • Facilitates different kinds of learning. • Builds academic self-esteem. • Acknowledges characteristics and aptitudes. • Promotes student awareness of how they will be taught and what changes are sought.