TRADITIONAL TEACHING STRATEGIES (WEEK 8) Flashcards
4 Traditional Teaching Strategies
- LECTURING
- DISCUSSION
- QUESTIONING
- USING AUDIOVISUALS
▪Efficient means of introducing learners to new topics.
▪Stimulate students’ interest in a subject.
▪Inspire people
▪Integrate and synthesize a large body of knowledge from several fields or sources.
▪Difficult concepts can be clarified in lectures.
▪“The lecture is valuable where knowledge is advancing
rapidly and up-to date textbooks are not available.
LECTURING
ADVANTAGES:
▪ Economical
▪ Can supplement a text book by enhancing a topic and making it come
to life.
▪ Help students develop their listening abilities.
DISADVANTAGES:
▪ It places learners in the passive role.
▪ By nature it lends itself to the teaching of facts; placing little emphasis
on problem solving, decision –making, analytical thinking or transfer of
learning.
▪ It is not conducive to meet student’s individual learning needs.
▪ The problem of limited attention span on the part of he learners.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF LECTURE
The teacher is an orator and the only speaker
Traditional Oral- Essay
▪ Begins with learner’s brainstorming ideas on a topic based on what they have read in preparation.
▪ Progresses with the teacher organizing the student’s ideas with expertise.
▪ Students feel some ownership of the topic and are able to attach new information to existing mental schema.
Participatory Lecture
Hand-outs containing the lecture outline in some detail with blank spaces for learners to fill in information.
Lecture with Uncompleted Hand-outs
▪ Consist of mini lectures interspeed with 10-minute small group discussions, structured around questions related to
the lecture content.
▪ Enhance learning and memory recall.
Feedback Lecture
Use of media such as films, slides or web-based images
along with traditional lecture.
Mediated Lecture
Topic is announced in advance and the class is asked to prepare, to take part in the discussion.
FORMAL DISCUSSION
Take place spontaneously at any point during the class including at the end of the lecture.
INFORMAL DISCUSSION
▪ Take a lot of time
▪ Effective in small groups
▪ At times few people monopolize the discussion
▪ Discussions are valuable only if participants come prepared with the
necessary background information.
DISCUSSION DISADVANTAGES
PURPOSES AND ADVANTAGES
▪ Give learners an opportunity to apply principles, concepts, and theories; and transfer the learning to new and different situations.
▪ Clarification of information and concepts.
▪ Learn the process of group problem-solving.
▪ Attitudes can be changed through discussion.
DISCUSSION PURPOSES AND ADVANTAGES
▪ Make expectations clear
▪ Set the ground rules
▪ Arrange the physical space
▪ Plan a discussion starter
▪ Facilitate, don’t discuss
▪ Encourage quiet group members
▪ Don’t allow monopolies
▪ Direct the discussion among group members
▪ Keep the discussion on track
▪ Clarify when confusion reigns
▪ Tolerate some silence
▪ Summarize when appropriate
DISCUSSION TECHNIQUES
▪To assess learner’s comprehension.
▪Ask questions that demonstrate reasoning, analysis, and problem-solving.
▪Places learners in an active role.
▪To assess a baseline of knowledge.
▪Help learner’s grasp information or concepts quickly.
▪To review content.
▪Motivation to learn increase as learners hear questions they
like to know the answers.
▪To guide learner’s thought process in a certain direction.
QUESTIONING
▪ Require the learner to recall or integrate information they have learned.
▪ Requires fairly low-level cognitive activity.
▪ Have specific, usually short, and expected answers.
CONVERGENT
▪ Ask the learner to generate new ideas, draw implications, or formulate a new perspective on a topic.
▪ There is no single correct answer.
▪ Requires a higher level of cognitive activity.
DIVERGENT
Require the learner to recall information they have read or memorized.
Low-Order Questions
