TEACHING APPROACHES &METHODS

TEACHING APPROACH

1. Learner centered – the learner is the primary consideration.

2. Inclusive – means that no student is excluded from the circle of learners. - Everyone is “in “ - No teacher favorites.

3. Developmentally Appropriate – the tasks required of students are within their developmental stages.

4. Responsive and relevant – means making your teaching meaningful. - relate or connect your lessons to the student’s daily experiences.

5. Research based – your teaching approach is more interesting, updated more convincing and persuasive if it is informed by researched. - Get the latest information.

6. Culture sensitive - you are mindful of the diversity of cultures in your classroom.

7. Contextualized and global – contextualized teaching means exerting effort to extend learning beyond the classroom into relevant contexts in the real world.

8. Constructivist – If you are constructivist in teaching approach, you believe that students learn by building upon their prior knowledge. - This is contrary to the “tabula rasa “of John Locke. (Students minds are a blank state).

9.Inquiry-Based and Reflective – Inquiry based approach is when the students begin formulating questions , risking answers , reflecting on their findings and writers of research reports. - Reflective teaching as a teaching approach is making students reflect on what they learned and on how they learned and how to improve on their learning process.

10. Collaborative – this teaching approach involves groups of students or teachers that are working together in order to learn.

TEACHING METHODS

1.Direct and Indirect method -Direct method is Teacher-Dominated-Indirect method is Learner-Dominated

2. Deductive and Inductive methodsDeductive method – you begin your lesson with a generalization , a rule and end with examples illustrations.Inductive method – you begin your lesson with the examples , with what is known , you end with the students giving the generalizations or conclusion.

3. Inquiry method -

4. Problem-solving method – critical thinking

5.Procedural method

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