ONLINE ASSIGNMENT

SEMINAR ON

TEACHING IT’S NATURE

INTRODUCTION

• Teaching is both an art & a science.

• Able teachers always find ways & means to improve their teaching techniques.

• The improvement of the teacher by employing newer methods of teaching & the latest technique of teaching is a need of the hour.

• The education system of any nation is a mirror through which can be seen the image or the nation being shaped & likely to be shaped.

• Education develops manpower for different levels of the economy. It is also the substrata on which research & development flourish, being the ultimate guarantee of national self-reliance..

EDUCATING THE TEACHERS

• Any educational effort loses its vitality, if it does not give adequate attention & importance to the teacher, one of the most important pillars of education.• The role of the teacher has been held sacred from time immemorial.• The National Policy of Education (1986) while defining the role of teacher says that their principal role is & will always be teaching and guidance to their pupils, not only

through classroom instruction & tutorials, & numerous other ways, but also by personal contact.

THE CURRICULAM AND METHOD

• It should be clear that pupil growth is determined both in nature & amount by the method bringing learners into contact with subject matter or other learning materials.

• A teacher must be aware of how pupils learn & how the particular method he uses effect pupils learning.

• Current researches conclusively support the principles that the best way to assist individuals to acquire the appreciations, knowledge, understandings, attitudes, and the appreciation to live in a democratic society is through school practices, which epitomize democratic procedures. Democratic method constitutes an all-pervasive force, which must permeate the entire social climate of the school.

METHODS OF TEACHING STRATEGIES

• The lecture method

• Case analysis & case history

• Demonstration

• Laboratory

• Science Projects & Research reports

• Field trip

TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF TEACHING STRATEGY

• An instructional strategy is defined as something a teacher arranges that is designed to establish interaction between the teacher, the students, & the subject matter, or any combination of these three dimensions.

• The effective teacher will i. Plan to influence directly or indirectly, the learning process by varying his behavior.

ii. Tailor the subject matter to meet the needs & interests of each individual

iii. Arrange a variety of media, including, books, lecture notes, homework, visual aids, programmes, discussions & laboratory experience.

This model of effective teaching places the student in the center completely surrounded by multisensory media arranged by the teacher who functions as a prescriber-organizer. The teacher, acting as a prescriber organizer, studies each student’s physical & mental characteristics as well as his previous achievement record.

MEDIA & EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

• Print-printed word, pictures, etc.;

• Radio-sense of sound;

• Audio-visual appeal to both visual & auditory senses, TV, film;

• Traditional media-puppetry, folk dance, folklore, community singing etc.;

• Oral communication-public meetings, group discussions

• Outdoor media – printed word & visual posters, cinema slides, hoardings etc.

NEW SRATEGIES FOR PARTICIPATORY LEARNING

• The salient aspects of participatory learning is working in groups.

• Working in small groups can be a very good way of encouraging students to work cooperatively & support each other.

• The teacher needs to make certain that no one is left out when groups are formed.

OTHER METHODS OF TEACHINGS

• BRAIN STORMING

• CONCEPT MAPPING

• COMPUTER ASSISTED INSTRUCTION

• MULTIMEDIA

• BUZZ SESSION

• COOPERATIVE LEARNING

• USE OF POWERPOINT SLIDES IN TEACHING

CONCLUSION

By illustrations, lecturing, probing questions, reinforcing pupil participation, having fluency in questioning and putting divergent questions, no doubt, the quality of teaching can be improved.

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