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TEACHING
METHODS
Some
Definitions of Teaching:
According to Burton:
“Teaching is the stimulation, guidance,
direction and encouragement of learning”.
According to T.F Green:
“Teaching is the task of teacher which is
performed for the development of a child”.
According to N.L. Gage:
“Teaching is a process of establishing inters personal relationships
between the teacher and the taught. In this sense, teaching becomes a
cooperative act”.
According to Brubacher:
“An arrangement and manipulation of a situation in which there are gaps
and obstruction which an individual will seek to overcome and from which he
will learn in the cause of doing so”.
According to Hyman:
“Teaching involves a trade of elements (the teacher, the pupil, the
subject matter) and this trade is dynamic in quality.
According to Hugh and Duncan:
“Teaching is an activity, a unique professional, rational human activity
in which one creatively and imaginatively uses himself and his knowledge to
promote the learning and welfare of others”.
The
Nature of Teaching:
Having
considered a number of definitions of teaching, we are in a position to discuss
the various aspects of the true nature of teaching. These are given as under:
The
modern concept of the nature of teaching is that it is triangular or tripolar
process (teacher child, and the subject matter).
·
Teaching
is a chain of activities.
·
The
goal of all teaching is a desirable change in behavior.
·
Teaching
is an intimate contact between a mature person and immature one.
·
Teaching
is an interactive process.
·
Teaching
is giving information.
·
Teaching
is causing to learn.
·
Teaching
is a direction.
·
Teaching
is an encouragement.
·
Teaching
is stimulating learning.
·
Teaching
is a giving guidance.
Teaching involves a large number of
activities, which leads to the child are all around development.
Arrangement and Manipulation of situation
(Teaching causes learning, during the process, the teaching is likely to face a
number of obstructions, which he must overcome. For this purpose, he requires
to arrange and manipulate situations in such a manner as to overcome the
obstructions).
·
Teaching
is helping the child to make effective adjustment to his environment.
·
Teaching
is helping the child to develop emotional stability.
·
Teaching
is a profession and the act of teaching is a professional activity.
·
Teaching
is an art as well as a science. The art of teaching brings into play the
teacher’s inborn talents.
Principles
of Teaching:
Principles
of effective teaching may be discussed under two heads, act of good teaching
essentially demands that the teacher should know the child’s mind: and he must
also understand the methods he is employing for teaching. The teacher’s method
must conform to the child nature as well as the content in hand. To be
successful in teaching, the teacher must under:
·
General
principles of teaching.
·
Psychological
principles of teaching.
1. General
Principles of Teaching:
Following are the general
principles of teaching:
·
The
principle of aim (There should be a definite aim for every lesson).
·
The
principle of activity.
·
The
principle of linking with actual life.
·
The
principle of knowledge of entering behavior.
·
The
principle of planning (Good teaching is always planned, planning involved
selection, division and revision).
·
The
principle of subject mastery.
·
The
principle of pupil participation.
·
The
principle of correlation (Sub units of the topic are correlated with each
other).
·
The
principle of utilizing past experience.
·
The
principle of suggestiveness (Good teaching is suggestive rather than authoritative).
·
The
principle of liberating the learner.
·
The
principle of repetition and exercise.
·
The
principle of looking ahead (Good teaching looks ahead while it also takes into
account the past experiences of the children).
2. Psychological
Principles of Teaching:
Successful
teaching is as much a matter of psychology as of theory. Theory teaching is
translated into general principles while the psychology of teaching is
translated into psychological principles, which over classroom environment,
student’s motivation, reinforcement and feedback. Principles based on the
psychological principles. Hence, the teacher should change his subject matter,
environment and methods of teaching from time to time, so that the students
remain interested in the teaching learning process. The teacher should
introduce some recreation in the process of teaching in order to maintain the
interest of the students.
·
The
principle of feedback and reinforcement.
·
The
principle of providing training to senses.
·
The
principle of utilizing group dynamics ( in group behavior, a student thinks in
manner in which other students in the group think).
·
The
principle of encouraging self learning.
·
The
principle of fostering creativity and self expression.
·
The
principle of remedial teaching.
To
Sum up:
Good
teaching is kindly and sympathetic, stimulating, progressive, diagnostic,
remedial, full of guided activity linked with real life and librates the
learner to do without the teacher. Whatever be the nature of the lesson, the
teacher should never loose sight of these principles.
Meaning
and Concept of Teaching Methods:
Teaching
method is a style of the presentation of content in classroom. It has presented
broad meaning of the term “Method”.
Broudy
(1963): has stated that “Method” refers to the formal structure of the sequence
of acts commonly denoted by instruction. The term method covers both strategies
and tactics of teaching and involves the choice of what is to be taught and in
which order is it to be presented”.
Maxims
of Teaching:
Teaching
activities and instructional procedure are performed by using maxims of
teaching.
The
term “Maxims of Teaching” may be defined as rules for presenting difficult
terms and concepts to make them easy to comprehend in classroom teaching.
The
following are the main features of a maxim of teaching.
·
Teaching
maxims helps in organizing teaching activities.
·
It
makes presentation of terms and concept easily understandable.
·
It
enables teacher to make his communication effective for the mental level of the
students.
·
It is
important component of instructional procedure, which is used in designing and
presenting content in an effective way.
Types
of Maxims of Teaching:
Teaching
activities and tasks of teaching are organized and performed in various ways.
Even a concept is presented in different ways. It is the teacher who decides
the way of his teaching activities based on his experiences and insight and in
view of learners comprehension level. Therefore, awareness of these maxims of
essential for teacher. The following are some important maxims of teaching.
·
From
simple to complex.
·
From
known to unknown.
·
From
part to whole.
·
From
whole to part.
·
From
concrete to abstract.
·
From
direct to indirect.
·
From
particular to general.
·
From
analysis to synthesis.
·
From
empirical to rationale.
·
From
psychological to logical.
·
To
follow nature etc.
Features
of Good Teaching:
Following
are the features of good teaching.
·
Good
teaching is stimulating.
·
Good
teaching is not a matter of pouring in, but drawing out.
·
Good
teaching is not a passive act, but an active process.
·
Good
teaching is a mature skill.
·
Good
teaching is involves a skill in guiding.
·
Good
teaching is well planned.
·
Good
teaching is a means of adjustment.
·
Good
teaching is a organization of learning.
·
Good
teaching is suggestive and cooperative.
·
Good
teaching is kindly and sympathetic.
·
Good
teaching is democratic.
·
Good
teaching is equipping the child for future.
·
Good
teaching is both diagnostic and remedial.
·
Good
teaching is correlative.
·
Good teaching
liberates the learner.
Phases
of Teaching:
The
activities in teaching carry special importance. Its main cause is that though
these activities, the pupils get much assistance in learning. In other words,
the learning experiences are acquired in a natural way. It should be remembered
that these activities are different in the different phase of teaching. The
teaching phases are as follow.
1. Pre
active phase of teaching:
In the pre active phase of teaching the
planning of teacher is carried over. This phase includes all those activities
which a teacher performs before classroom teaching or before entering the
classroom.
Following
activities are included in pre active phase of teaching.
·
Fixation
of goals.
·
Decision
making about the subject matter.
·
Arranging/
sequencing the elements of content for presentation.
·
Decision
about the strategies of teaching.
·
Distribution
of teaching strategies.
2. Interactive
Phase of Teaching:
In
the interactive phase of teaching all those activities are included which a
teacher over right from entering the classroom till the presentation of the
contents. In the P.W Jackson’s words, “The explanations, ask questions, listen
to students, response and provides guidance”.
The
following activities are included in the interactive phase of teaching.
·
Sizing
up of the class.
·
Diagnosis
of the learners.
·
Action
and reaction or achievement.
·
The
action and reaction activities included the following activities.
·
Selection
of the stimuli.
·
Feedback
and reinforcement.
·
Deployment
of strategies.
3. Post
Active Phase of Teaching:
In this phase of teaching, as the teacher sums up, the
teacher asks the questions from the pupils, verbally or in written form, to
measure the behavior of the pupils so that their achievements may be evaluated
correctly. Therefore, evaluation aspect includes all those activities, which
can evaluate the achievements of the pupils and attainment of the objectives.
The following activities are considered in the post active phase of teaching.
·
Defining
the exact dimension of the changes caused by teaching.
·
Selecting
appropriate testing devices and techniques.
·
Changing
the strategies in terms of evidence gathered.
Teaching
Strategies:
Teaching
strategy is the means to achieve learning objectives.
E.
Stone and S. Morris have defined the term teaching strategy comprehensively in
the following manner.
“Teaching
strategy is a generalized plan for a lesson which includes structure, desired
learner behavior in terms of goals of instruction and an outline of planned
tactics necessary to implement the strategy. The lesson strategy is a part of a
larger development scheme of the curriculum”.
Meaning
and Concept of Teaching Method:
Broudy
(1963) has stated “Method refers to the formal structure of the sequence of
acts commonly denoted by instruction. The term “Method” covers both strategies
and tactics of teaching and involves the choice of what is to be taught and in
which order is it to be presented”.
Teaching
method is a style of the presentation of content in classroom. It has presented
broad meaning of the term “Method”. According to this matter is important for
determining method. The common teaching matter may be of three types, hence all
the methods can be classified under three heads.
1.
Telling
Method Lecture, Questioning,
Discussion, etc.
2.
Showing
Method Demonstration, Excursion,
etc.
3.
Doing
Method Project, Role-playing,
Practical, etc.
Strategy How
to achieve goals?
Method How
to present?
Technique How
to implement?
Tactics These
are related with the achievement of objectives. These relate to strategy. These
are used to achieve the goals.
Important
Note:
Teaching
is a process.
Instruction
is a direction.
Learning
is a change.
Strategy:
It
is from Greek word “Strategos” Stratos means army and agein mean to lead.
Military
planning of war, the science or art of planning and conducting a war or a
military campaign.
Planning
is any field, a carefully devised plan of education to achieve a goal or the
art of developing or carrying out such a plan.
Art
of planning.
Method:
Via
Latin From Greek, Methods, which means “Pursuit” from meta “after” and hodos
means “journey”.
Way
of doing something, a way of something or carrying something out, especially
according to a plan.
Orderliness,
orderly thought, action or technique.
Body
of scientific technique, the body of systematic techniques used by a particular
discipline, especially a scientific one.
Order,
organization and planning for doing something are emphasized.
Technique:
Via
from Greek tekhnikos which means “of art”.
Procedure
or skill used in a task, the procedure skill or art used in a particular task.
Way
in which the basics are treated, the way in which the basics of something, for
example, an artistic work or a sport are treated.
Skill
in handling the technique of something skill or expertise in handling the
technique of something a pianist with superb technique.
Special
ability, a special work or knack.
Special
ability or art is emphasized.
Tactics:
Via
modern Latin from Greek “Taktikos” which means “of arrangements” from taktos
“arranged” “from tessein to “to arrange”.
Literally
method used or a course of action followed in order to achieve an immediate or
short-tem aim.
Arrangement
of the course of actions for immediate or short term aim is emphasized.
Strategy:
It means, artistically, skillful way, broader sense.
Methods:
Method depends upon on the nature of content.
Main
methods are, telling, doing and showing.
Some
methods also fall in strategy for example, lecture method, project method.
Techniques:
Techniques
belong to methods.
Method
is also abstract, techniques are psychological in nature and techniques are
used for the implementation of methods.
Types
of Techniques:
Following are the types of techniques.
·
Questioning,
Discussion, Exposition, Illustration, Story telling, Narration, Supervised
study.
·
Techniques
play a role of bridge between strategy and method.
·
There
are two major teaching strategies:
Direct
strategy:
The
direct strategy is highly teacher centered and is among the most commonly used.
Indirect
strategy:
Indirect
instruction seeks a high level of student involvement in observing,
investigating drawing inferences from data or forming hypothesis.
Pedagogical
approach:
It
is an educational approach characterized by teacher centeredness, it is also
known as art, science, profession or study of teaching.
Andragogical
approach:
Andragogy
consists of learning strategies focused on teaching adults. It is often
interpreted as the process of engaging adult learners in the structure of the
learning experiences.
Pedagogues:
A
number of people contributed to the theories of pedagogy, among these are,
Benjamin Bloom, Maria Montessori, John Dewey, Johann Heinrich Pestalozi, Jean
Piaget, Friedrich Froeble, Lev Vyogtsky etc.
General
Methods of Teaching:
Methods
may be defined as a systematic procedure adopted for the attainment of some
specific objectives.
The
need of right methods of teaching cannot be underestimated in an ideal system
of education. In fact the problem of method can no more be ignored in any
system of educational philosophy and practice than that of the aim or the
curriculum? “Even the best curriculum and the most perfect syllabus remains
ineffective unless quickened into life by the right methods of teaching”.
Now
a days more and more emphasis is being laid on improvement of teaching methods
since the traditional methods are not trustworthy in fulfilling the objectives.
Lecture
Method:
This
is a method which is generally followed in colleges and in schools with big
classes. In this method only the teacher talks, the students are passive
listeners and they do not take any active part.
Recitation
Method:
This
is the most powerful technique for imprinting material on the mind and moving
to longer-term memory.
The
recall method or recitation method improves memory and learning in following
ways.
·
It
forces you to decide what is most important in what you read.
·
It
forces you to put the material in your own words.
·
It
brings you to full alertness because it is a very active and demanding
technique.
·
It
reveals whether you really did grasp the material.
Discussion
Method:
The
discussion method of teaching is a process in which a small group assembles to
communicate with each other, using speaking, listening and nonverbal processes
in order to achieve instructional objectives. There are group members, who have
reciprocal influence over one another and they are affected by the behavior of
one another in the group. The participants use the available time to
communicate with each other.
Forms
or types of discussion:
The
Symposium:
In
this type of discussion, three or more persons present their views on a several
sided question or topic.
The
panel discussion:
Here
few people with different backgrounds and experiences discuss a thing while
other listens.
Information
group discussion:
Here
the pupil is the leader of the discussion activities. Leadership qualities are
developed in the leader.
Formalized
group discussion:
Here
there is a discussion leader and there are several resources members who represent
special skills and specialized knowledge essential to the problems which the
group is discussing and there is a recorder. The leader keeps the discussion on
the track. At intervals, he summarizes the discussion and clarifies the
discussion before the next point. No confusion should prevail.
Institutional
forms of socialized procedure:
It
has become popular to cast the class into one of many forms of social
organization the exist in the community. Such we can have mock parliament, a
party convention and all that. This way, we can get the feel of our democratic
limitations.
Demonstration
Method:
In
this method, the teacher really teaches, students are active participants in a
demonstration and their faculties of observation and reasoning are properly
exercised. It is based on work out something, then, and only then, the students
will believe. This is
Heuristics
Method:
The
term “heuristic” has been borrowed from the word “heurism” it means “discover
or investigate”. The purpose of communication is to develop the tendency of
investigation. Arm Strong is the exponent of this strategy. It is based upon
the assumption of Herbert Spencer that the learner should be told as little as
possible and he should be encouraged to learn himself as much as possible.
Polio
and Danker (1945) have mentioned this strategy in their article “Problem
solving”. The strategy involves “trial and error” and invention techniques.
This strategy is very economical and speedy. It requires more logical and
imaginative thinking in formulating the number tentative solutions for the
problem.
Project
Method:
It
is a problematic act carried to completion in its natural setting (Kilpatrick).
A
project is a test of real life that has been imported in school. (Ballard).
It
is voluntary undertaking, which involves constructive efforts or thought and
eventuates into subjective result. (Yhornos Long).
It
is a unit of activity in which pupils are made responsible for planning and
purposing. (Parker)
Steps
in project method: Following are the steps of project method of teaching.
·
Provision
of a situation.
·
Selection
of objectives.
·
Planning.
·
Execution.
·
Evaluation.
·
Recording.
Activity
Method:
Activity
method emphasizes the creative and spontaneous aspects of experience. Activity
method brings the students close to the real life situation. They get first
hand experience in an environment in which they are performing certain
activity.
Anything which is carried out with a purpose
in a social environment involving physical and mental action is an activity.
Problem
Solving Method:
Problem-solving
method occurs in difficult situations in which a solution is not obtainable by
the habitual methods of applying concepts and principles, derived from past
experience in very similar situations.
We
may define problem solving as: “A manner of dealing with that, which is
problematic. A method involving clear definition of problems confronted
formation of hypothetical solutions hunch or suggestion, deliberate test of
hypothesis until evidence warrants its acceptance”.
There
are two methods of problem solving.
1. Inductive:
In this method, generalizations are drawn
from particulars. Principles are farmed from observation and rules are made
from instances or examples.
2. Deductive:
In this process, rules, principles and
conclusions are applied to particular cases.
3. Inductive
Method: In this method, the
child is enabled to arrive at the general conclusion, establish laws or
formulate generalization through the observation of particular facts and
concrete examples.
4. Deductive
Method: It is the opposite
of the inductive method. Here the learner proceeds from general to particular,
abstract to concrete and formula to examples.
5. Drill
Method: Models that rely on
practice are used extensively where the purpose of instruction is to enable
students to acquire a skill or a proficiency in doing some overt act. Often it
is intermingled with recitation and discussion methods, such as a courses in
foreign languages, mathematics, music and art and in athletic programs of all
kinds.
6. Question
Answer Method: Question
answer method is also known as Socratic Strategy. It is developed by the famous
philosopher Socrates. He assumes that all knowledge within the learner and
teacher has to unfold. He further assumes that teacher should present the
subject matter in such a way that learner recognizes the truth he can identify
himself with it.
Types
of questions in Socratic Methods: The following are the main types of
questions.
·
Introductory
Questions.
·
Developing
Questions.
·
Recapitulatory
Questions.
·
Evaluatory
Questions.
·
Didactic
questions: These questions are used for providing new knowledge to the
students.
·
Testing
questions: These questions are used assessing and diagnosis purpose.
7.
Group Differentiated Method: Group differentiated method is based on the
principle that no student is particularly different from any group or class of
students. All students are equally capable and efficient. It is a balanced
instruction for individuals and groups.
Thus,
we may define group instruction as, “This instruction is imparted collectively
to a group of students at the same time and place”. Therefore, we can say that
it is not specified/ restricted to a single student rather it focuses on all
students equally.
Innovative
Methods of Teaching:
Following
are the innovative methods of teaching.
Micro Teaching: in order to understand the concept of micro
teaching more clearly and precisely, let us study the expert views on it.
According
to Allen:
“A scaled down teaching encounter is class
size and class time”. In this way, teaching is reduced to simple form. Size of
the class is reduced to 5-10 students. Duration of teaching period is reduced
5-10 minutes.
According
to Bush:
“A
teacher education technique which allows teachers to apply well defined
teaching skills to a carefully prepared lesson in a planned series of five to
ten minutes encounter with small group of real class room students, often with
an opportunity to observe the performance on video tape”.
According
to B.K. Passi:
“Micro
teaching is a training technique which requires pupil teachers to teach a
single concept, using specific teaching skills to small number of pupils in a
short duration of time”.
Characteristics
of Micro Teaching:
On
the basis of above definitions, following are the main features or
characteristics of micro teaching.
·
Real
teaching situation.
·
Scaled
down teaching (class size 5-10 students, time 5-10 minutes)
·
Individualized
teaching.
·
More
controlled.
·
Feedback
mechanism.
Simulation
Method:
Etymologically,
the word simulation is derived from the word “Simulate” which means to
reproduce certain conditions by means of model, for study or training purposes.
So, simulation refers to operation in which real situation is represented in
another form.
Simulation,
by definition, is an artificial situation of the student teacher in the various
class room situations. In other words, it is meant to create artificial
situations, which provide artificial experiences for the participants.
Programmed
Instruction:
Programmed
instruction is a new innovation which is the result of the experimental study
of the learning process in the psychological laboratory. It is infact, the
first application of laboratory technique utilized in the study of the learning
process to the practical problems of education.
According to Dr. N.S. Mavi:
“Programmed
instruction is a technique of converting the live instructional process into
self learning or auto instructional readable material in the form of micro
sequences”.
Computer
Assisted Instruction (C.A.I.):
In
the CAI, the computer interacts directly with the learners while presenting
lessons. It delivers instruction directly to students and allows them to
interact with the computer through the lessons programmed in the system. The
computer’s ability to engage in instructional “dialogue” with the student while
delivering information makes it adaptable to any number of instructional
situations. It can facilitate various instructional modes.
Team
Teaching:
Team
teaching is comparatively new idea in the field of education. It is one of the
innovations in instructional organization to ensure optimum use of resources,
interest, and expertise. It was originated in American education in 1954. It
has assumed many dimensions and is now a big movement.
According
to Shaplin:
“Team
teaching is a type of instructional organization, involving teaching personnel
and the students assigned to them, in which two or more teachers are given
responsibility of working together, for all or a significant part of the
instruction of some group of students”.
According to Michael J. Apter:
“Team
teaching involves bringing together a number of classes whose teaching is then
the joint responsibility of the teachers of these classes who now constitute a
team”.
Peer
Tutoring:
While
family is the first and basic of the primary groups with which a child is associated,
peer group interactions soon become frequent, the playgroup for the small child
and the teenage clique for the adolescent. The peer group provides significant
learning experiences in how to interact with others, how to be accepted by
others and how to achieve a status in a circle of friends.
Individualized
Instruction:
In
teaching world even we take a small group of pupils, we do not find children
alike. So individuality exists all around us. We cannot deny this fact and to
make teaching more effective we should accept this reality.
In
other words, that is “to consider one’s level and desire”. Thus, individual
method provides for an individual child, facilities of instruction, keeping in
view his needs, intelligence and motivation, rate of learning, capacity and aim
of life.
In
short, we can say, that it would bring confidence, self-respect and
self-reliance in children. In modern ear, a child centered education system is
thought as the best. Therefore, it is needed to prefer the individual brought
up to make teaching and training meaningful.
Cooperative
Learning:
Cooperative
learning takes many forms within classrooms. Its essential characteristics are
that it fosters positive interdependence by teaching students to work and learn
together in a small group setting. Traditional cooperative learning groups
consist of three or four students who work on an assignment or project together
in such a way that each group member contribute to the learning process and
then learns all the basic concepts being taught. Both individual students and
the group as a whole are held accountable for the outcome. Cooperative learning
provides unique learning experiences for students and offers an alternative to
competitive models of education. It is especially beneficial to students who
learn best through social or group learning processes. It offers opportunities
for students to learn through speaking and listening processes (oral language)
as well as through reading and writing processes (written language)
Cooperative
learning offers many benefits for students, it improves both academic learning
and social skills, for teachers, it is an aid to classroom management and
instruction.
Characteristics of cooperative Learning: Following are the characteristics of
Cooperative Learning.
Uses
small groups of three or four students (micro groups)
Focuses
on tasks to be accomplished.
Mandates
individual responsibility to learn.
Ports
division of labor.
Teleconferencing:
Educational
teleconferencing can be valuable medium for interactive group communication by
means of a two way broadcast. Three main types of teleconferencing have been
identified.
Audio
teleconferencing.
Video
teleconferencing.
Computer
teleconferencing.
Audio
teleconferencing being the most commonly used technique in distance education
institution.
Teleconferencing
is an electronic means which can bring together three or four people in two or
more locations to discuss or share the use of two way and one way video, both
full motion and show scan, electronic black boards, facsimile, computer
graphic, radio, satellite and videotext.
Role
Playing or Dramatization:
A
number of techniques are being used currently for the modification of teacher
behavior. The simulated social skill training (SSST) is one of them. Cruick
Shank (1968) had developed a teacher training system. This system of training
is being denoted by several terms such as Role-playing, Artificial teaching,
Pilot training, Laboratory method, Clinical method and Inductive scientific
method.
It
is method of teaching drama and training device of simulation. This method is
also termed as simulated social skill training (SSST) or teaching. It is most
useful for developing social skills. It is best method of teaching drama,
because in this method learners are most active and based on the principle
learning by doing.
Following
are the main methods of teaching drama.
·
Lecture
method.
·
Ideal
drama method.
·
Classroom
drama method of teaching.
·
Stage
drama method or dramatization method.
·
Review
method of teaching.
·
Integrated
or combined method of teaching.
·
The
dramatization method and review method are more useful for teaching drama.
Factors
that determine the method to be used:
Following
are the factors, which determine the method to be used.
·
Age of
the students.
·
Nature
of content.
·
Class
size.
Resources
available also determine the method to be used effectively.
Every
method requires expertise e.g., project method needs an expert person to
provide guidance.
Training
method should be selected according to the nature of students depending on the
psychological principles.
Lesson
Planning Approaches:
Different
approaches of lesson planning are given below.
According to Bruce Joyce.
Well
Marsha (1980) “Lesson plan is the title given to a statement of the objectives
to be realized and the specific means of which these are attained as a result
of activities engaged during the period”.
According to Smith B.O. (1983)
“Daily
lesson planning involves defining the objectives, selecting and arranging the
subject matter and determining the method and procedure”.
Herbartian
approach to lesson planning: It is based on an apperceptive theory of learning,
i.e. mind of the child is like a clean slate. If the new knowledge related to
previous knowledge is given. It will be more say and retainable for a longer
period.
This
approach is influenced by classical human organization theory because it is a
teacher centered approach.
This
approach is used for memory level teaching and involves five steps.
·
Preparation.
·
Presentation.
·
Comparison.
·
Abstraction.
·
Generalization.
This
approach is commonly used in teaching of various school subjects. On the basis
of five steps outline of a lesson plan is given in the following form.
Date--------------------------
Class--------------- Period--------------------------
Subject------------------------------
Topic--------------------------------
General objectives
Specific objectives
Introduction (Declaration of topic)
Teaching aids.
Previous knowledge
Statement of aim
Presentation
Explanation
Blackboard Summary
Home assignments
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