Unit 3.2 Teaching Strategies Flashcards
also known as instructional strategies, are the overall plan for a teaching-learning experience that involves the use of one or several methods of instruction to achieve the desired learning outcomes
(Rothwell & Kazanas, 2008).
Teaching Strategy
a generalized plan for a lesson which includes structure, instructional objectives and an outline of planned tactics, necessary to implement the strategies (Stone & Morris, cited in Issac, 20
Teaching Strategy
Instructional strategies can:
❑motivate students and help them focus attention
❑organize information for understanding and remembering
❑monitor and assess learning
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
- Direct Instruction
- Indirect Instruction
- Interactive Instruction
- Experiential Learning
- Independent Study
highly teacher-directed
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
most commonly used
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
effective for providing information or developing step-by-step skills deductive
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
includes methods such as:
Lecture
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
includes methods such as:
didactic questioning
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
includes methods such as:
explicit teaching
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
includes methods such as:
practice and drill
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
includes methods such as:
demonstrations
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
learner-driven
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Indirect Instruction
includes a high level of learner involvement in observing,
investigating, drawing inferences or forming hypotheses
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Indirect Instruction
takes advantage of learners’ interests and curiosity and encourages learners to generate alternatives or solve problems
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Indirect Instruction
includes methods such as:
problem-solving
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Indirect Instruction
includes methods such as:
case studies
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Indirect Instruction
includes methods such as:
close activities
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Indirect Instruction
includes methods such as:
reading for meaning
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Indirect Instruction
includes methods such as:
reflective discussion
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Indirect Instruction
includes methods such as:
concept mapping
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Indirect Instruction
relies heavily on discussion and sharing
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Interactive Instruction
helps develop social skills and the ability to organize thoughts and develop rational arguments
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Interactive Instruction
requires observation, listening, interpersonal and intervention skills
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Interactive Instruction
includes methods such as:
debates
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Interactive Instruction
includes methods such as:
role-playing
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Interactive Instruction
includes methods such as:
simulations
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Interactive Instruction
includes methods such as:
peer learning
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Interactive Instruction
includes methods such as:
brainstorming
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Interactive Instruction
includes methods such as:
discussion
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Interactive Instruction
includes methods such as:
cooperative learning
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Interactive Instruction
learner-focused and activity-oriented
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Experiential Learning
requires learners to reflect about the experience and ways to apply it to other contexts
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Experiential Learning
emphasizes the learning process
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Experiential Learning
Five phases of Experiential Learning
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
- experiencing
- sharing or publishing
- analyzing or processing
- inferring or generalizing
- applying
learners studying on their own under the guidance or supervision of an
instructor
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Independent Study
learning in peer partnership or as part of a small group
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Independent Study
students need to acquire life-long learning capability
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Independent Study
includes methods such as:
essay research and writing
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Independent Study
includes methods such as:
computer-assisted instruction
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Independent Study
includes methods such as:
journals
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Independent Study
includes methods such as:
packaged learning materials
Five Categories of Instructional Strategies
Independent Study
a highly structured method by which the educator verbally transmits information directly to a group of learners for the purpose of instruction
Direct Instruction
Lecture
the oldest and most often used
approaches to teaching
Direct Instruction
Lecture
Purposes of Lecture:
Direct Instruction
- Develop the act of listening
- Effective way of presenting new topic
- Develop creative thinking and reasoning
- Stimulates learner’s interest
- Serve as a supplement of the textbook, classroom discussion, and student report
- Helps to integrate and synthesize a vast body of knowledge
Advantages of Lecture Method
Direct Instruction
- Economical
- Current information
- Summary or synthesis of information
- Active listening and note-taking skills
- Inspires learners
Disadvantages of Lecture Method
Direct Instruction
- Passive learner
- Attention levels of students
- Students do not learn at the same pace
- Learning by listening
- Focuses on teaching of facts
Types of Lecture
Direct Instruction
- FORMAL METHOD
- INFORMAL METHOD
Guiding Principles in Giving Effective Lecture
Direct Instruction
- carefully planned
- with proper motivation
- outline of the materials should be provided
- logical presentation should be used (for narration and description)
- simple language
- with instructional devices or AVs
- Provides synopsis
- Students’ feedback
Parts of a Lecture:
Direct Instruction
❑Introduction
❑The Body of the Lecture
❑Conclusion
Parts of a Lecture
Establish a relationship with the audience.
Direct Instruction
Introduction
Parts of a Lecture
Provide a brief general overview of the lecture’s content
Direct Instruction
Introduction
Parts of a Lecture
Plan an introduction to catch the listener’s interest
Direct Instruction
Introduction
Parts of a Lecture
The lecturer needs to make a connection with the overall subject and the topic being
presented
Direct Instruction
Introduction
Parts of a Lecture
The lecturer needs toexplicate (change word) its relationship to previous topics covered and both prior lectures and those that will follow
Direct Instruction
Introduction
Parts of a Lecture
involves the actual delivery of the content related to the topic being addressed
Direct Instruction
The Body of the Lecture
Parts of a Lecture
careful preparation is needed
Direct Instruction
The Body of the Lecture
Parts of a Lecture
allows some flexibility in the lecture to answer questions and remarks from the student
Direct Instruction
The Body of the Lecture
Parts of a Lecture
Check student comprehension throughout the lesson by asking students to answer specific questions
Direct Instruction
The Body of the Lecture
Parts of a Lecture
Check student comprehension throughout the lesson by asking students if there is any clarification on the discussion.
Direct Instruction
The Body of the Lecture
Parts of a Lecture
Repeat and emphasize main points
Direct Instruction
Conclusion
Parts of a Lecture
Relate content to previous and subsequent topics
Direct Instruction
Conclusion
Parts of a Lecture
Encourage questions from students.
Direct Instruction
Conclusion
Said that using problem solving as a technique to help students learn
Indirect Instruction
Killen, 2009
Killen (2009, pg. 242) suggests that ___________ can engage and motivate students to develop deeper understanding through applying ideas to real-world situations
Indirect Instruction
problem solving
Its Limitations are lack of interest if problems aren’t relevant, problems are required to be well structured for specific learning outcome
Indirect Instruction
Problem-solving
promotes the development of analytical skills
Indirect Instruction
Case-studies
Advantages of Problem-solving
Indirect Instruction
✓ develop critical thinking skills
✓ actively engages learners
✓ helps teachers to gain a better understanding of the abilities of the students
facilitate development of the higher levels of Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive learning
Indirect Instruction
Case-studies
moving beyond recall of knowledge to analysis, evaluation, and application
Indirect Instruction
Case-studies
facilitate interdisciplinary learning
Indirect Instruction
Case-studies
can be used to highlight connections between specific
academic topics and real-world societal issues and applications
Indirect Instruction
Case-studies
increase student motivation to participate in class activities, which promotes learning and
increases performance on assessments
Indirect Instruction
Case-studies
to use questions to stimulate reflection and extend comprehension
Indirect Instruction
Reflective Discussion
to challenge students’ thinking by inviting them to interpret, infer, summarize, form conclusions and evaluate selections
Indirect Instruction
Reflective Discussion
to extend personal responses by considering the views of others
Indirect Instruction
Reflective Discussion
to share personal thoughts, feelings and images evoked
by literature selections, films, illustrations and experiences
Indirect Instruction
Reflective Discussion
encourage students to think and talk about what they have
observed, heard or read
Indirect Instruction
Reflective Discussion
teacher or student initiates the discussion by asking a question that requires students to reflect upon and interpret
Indirect Instruction
Reflective Discussion
questions posed should encourage students to relate story content to life experiences
Indirect Instruction
Reflective Discussion
establishes a bridge between how people learn knowledge and sensible learning
Indirect Instruction
Concept Mapping
useful in enhancing meaningful learning and students’ conceptual understanding
Indirect Instruction
Concept Mapping
represented in a hierarchical manner
Indirect Instruction
Concept Mapping
the most general are positioned in the superior part of the map, while the specific concepts, less general ones are positioned in the lower part of the map
Indirect Instruction
Concept Mapping
serves as a template for designing a sound learning
Indirect Instruction
Concept Mapping
a scaffold to help organize knowledge and provide a structure
Indirect Instruction
Concept Mapping
small group activity
Interactive Instruction
Brainstorming
generate as many ideas as possible within the specified time
frame given in the classroom
Interactive Instruction
Brainstorming
free flow of ideas
Interactive Instruction
Brainstorming
effective and engaging way for students to
analyze different concepts
Interactive Instruction
Debate
develop critical thinking and public speaking
skills
Interactive Instruction
Debate
greater participation in class
Interactive Instruction
Debate
for discussing controversial issues in a
structured environment
Interactive Instruction
Debate
students take on assigned roles and act out those roles through a scripted play
Interactive Instruction
Role-Play
can be carried out one-to-one (individual role play) or as a group role play with each member in the group taking on a role/character
Interactive Instruction
Role-Play
provide very powerful learning experiences for
students
Interactive Instruction
Role-Play
by immersing them in simulated real world situations in which students act out a particular
role/character in a safe environment
Interactive Instruction
Role-Play
student motivation, fostering intellectual agility, and encouraging democratic habits
Interactive Instruction
Discussion
articulate and defend positions
Interactive Instruction
Discussion
consider different points of view
Interactive Instruction
Discussion
enlist and evaluate evidence
Interactive Instruction
Discussion
teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a
variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject
Interactive Instruction
Cooperative Learning
create an atmosphere of achievement
Interactive Instruction
Cooperative Learning
Outcomes of Cooperative Learning:
Interactive Instruction
✓improved academic achievement
✓improved behavior and attendance
✓increased self-confidence and motivation
✓increased liking of school and classmates
formation of small discussion groups with the objective of developing a specific task (idea generation, problem solving
and so on)
Interactive Instruction
Buzz Group
facilitating that a group of people reach a consensus on their ideas about a topic in a specific period of time
Interactive Instruction
Buzz Group
allow covering the discussion about different aspects referred to the same study themes
Interactive Instruction
Buzz Group
strategy for organizing medium- to large-group discussions
Interactive Instruction
Fish Bowl
students are separated into an inner and outer circle
Interactive Instruction
Fish Bowl
inner circle or fishbowl, students have a discussion
Interactive Instruction
Fish Bowl
students in the outer circle listen to the discussion and take notes
Interactive Instruction
Fish Bowl
student-centered strategy builds comprehension of complex texts/ideas while developing group discussion skills
Interactive Instruction
Fish Bowl
a way for students to teach each other important concepts and information
Interactive Instruction
Snowball Technique
partners form groups of four; groups of four join together to form groups of eight
Interactive Instruction
Snowball Technique
begin by working alone; next they collaborate with a partner
Interactive Instruction
Snowball Technique
dividing a class into small groups (syndicates) of four to eight students
Interactive Instruction
Syndicate
continues until the entire class is
working together as one large group
Interactive Instruction
Snowball Technique
self-motivated and essentially adopt a more independent attitude to their learning
Interactive Instruction
Syndicate
Syndicate allows more active student participation that fosters both activation of prior knowledge, which ultimately assists in:
Interactive Instruction
✓collecting and joining all the previously known facts
✓problem solving, and
✓decision making together
are instructional scenarios where the learner is placed in a
“world” defined by the teacher
Experiential Learning
Simulations
experience the reality of the scenario and gather meaning from it
Experiential Learning
Simulations
promote the use of critical and evaluative thinking
Experiential Learning
Simulations
leads to more engaging interaction by learners
Experiential Learning
Simulations
have a special role in
building students’ self‐confidence” and “they can reduce the gap between quicker and slower learners” (Fuscard, 2001)
Experiential Learning
Games
helps to internalize and practice research conducts and methods, and skills such as formulating a precise question, and processing and monitoring a research process
Independent Study
Research
attain abilities in dealing with uncertainty, independence, teamwork and organizational skills
Independent Study
Research
joint acquisition of new knowledge by
lecturers and students
Independent Study
Research
process of learning that takes place when students work together in groups of 8 – 10
( Crosby, J. 1996; Zubair, A. 2006)
Small group learning
Basic steps in the development of effective small group teaching sessions:
- Established departmental planning committee
- Specified the learning outcomes.
- Preparing students to work in a small group
- Provide a pleasant environment
- Monitoring group activity
- Evaluate the activity by summarizing the main points
Teaching and Learning Small Groups:
❑Brainstorming
❑Buzz group
❑Fish Bowl
❑Snowball Technique
❑Syndicate
❑Problem Solving
SKILLS FOR EFFECTIVE SMALL
GROUP TEACHING
✓ Questioning
✓ Listening
✓ Responding
Monitoring group activity:
effective small group teachingsessions
Basic steps in the development of effective small group teaching session
- Equal distribution of task
- Anyone dominating in the group
- Anyone undermining the group members
- Who holds the power
- Who resolves the conflict if they arise
The lecturer needs to make the lecture:
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
✓ Interesting
✓ Engaging
✓ Well organized
✓ Structured
Lecturing in large group poses many challenges since it will be delivered to students with ________ learning skills and
understanding
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
different
Key points that contribute to the improvement and success
of learning for both the teacher and the students:
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
- Student Engagement
- Managing Disruptive Behavior
Teaching and Learning Large Group:
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
❑Lecture
❑Symposium
❑Panel
❑Team Teaching
Careful presentation of facts with organised thoughts and ideas by a qualified person
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Lecture
It is series of prepared talks given by few experts (2 to 5 ) on many aspects of
a topic or a problem under a chair-person.
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
A group of four or more persons sit with a moderator in front of an audience; they
hold orderly and logical conversation on an assigned topic.
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Panel
involves a group of person or a team in the instructional process
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Team Teaching
preparing them for arriving at a
decision regarding a particular
issue or topic
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
excellent method for informing, the audiences and crystallizing their opinion
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
formal gathering in an academic setting
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
covers a single topic or subject
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
comprised of 4-6 participants with a suggested time of 20 minutes per speaker (15 minutes each for presenting, and Q & A)
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
It gives wide
knowledge of the
topic
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
It creates a feeling of
collaboration and
adaptation
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
It provides different
views on the subject
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
The objective of
synthesis and
evaluation is achieved
by this technique
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
Gives the teacher a broad view of different aspects of the problem including current trends in teaching
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
Provides listeners a chance to comprehend and decide on the
topic/problem
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
Develops social values in the listeners
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
Develops the power of evaluation and synthesis in the audience
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
Helps to investigate a problem from several points of view
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
The chairperson has no control over the speakers who get full-scale freedom to prepare the theme for discussion
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
Probability of repetition because every speaker prepares them as a
whole
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
Listeners may not be able to decipher the theme correctly
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
Helps achieve the cognitive domain’s higher objectives but not affective domain
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Symposium
a small group discussion that provides an opportunity for knowledge integration at high level
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Seminar
Listeners are likely to remain passive
Symposium
advanced group technique which is usually used in higher education
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Seminar
bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some particular subject, in which everyone present is requested to actively participate
TEACHING AND LEARNING LARGE GROUPS
Seminar