Self directed learning, experential learning along with use of technology to enhance engagement, with aspects of any time, any where according to learners preferences.
Self directed learning, experential learning along with use of technology to enhance engagement, with aspects of any time, any where according to learners preferences.
I'm a PGDE student and we're advised to look at John Hattie "Visible Learning" and Blooms Taxonomy to decide what might work best for the class/pupil/student, if you're looking at school aged children. The basis for these decisions (in my personal case) is looking at how I can meet learners needs (not only educational, see Maslow). This is only a starting point though.
There also seems to be a push for co-operative learning. Hope that helps.
I have used student centred learning since starting teaching at Further Ed. levels in 1989, it relies on getting to know each student to be able to support them in developing their own questions and finding techniques and the appropriate skills to get them where they may not even know where they may be heading. I will also do additional research to assist students where their ideas challenge me. It's much easier with the web these days and some of the basic stuff is getting students to learn HOW and WHAT to ask and shown them variations while also getting them to look beyond the first three answers. The results have been great where I have many students remaining in contact with me thanking me for the open ways I introduced for them to follow their own ideas (& change/develop them in dialogue). I teach in Visual Arts and have been involved in getting Fine Art students access to technology throughout my career. I am now coordinator of media arts where visual art students (many who have not had great educational experiences) come in and develop their confidence in using a computer as a tool to assist them in realising creative outcomes across photography, digital painting, video, sound, print and web areas of practice
I hope this is of interest.
My PhD focus is on the integration of media arts within core visual art teaching. I hope to release the thesis soon.
There is no such thing as a best teaching strategy. The best teaching strategy is that one by which the educational goals are attain. This means that teacher strategies should be tailor made according the audience and for each individual student. Whats work for one audience, it may not work for another. Yes, there are quite a few teaching strategies that may be "one size fits all" because there are, may be, some general principals that apply to teaching and learning.
Education is an ocean & limit less consisting our various areas for contributory line of our human beings . Teacher must be fully equipped in his areas so that may prove to be fruitful for the student & students on their part should come before the teacher with all topics with their own difficulties for their successful career .
In this line sometime back I have my publication under the captioned '' Education - Ancient & Present day which I submit herewith for your perusal with a request to offer your valuable opinion
There has to be a balancing of 'educational goals' and that in itself is a particularly loaded question. I would only discuss Further & Higher Ed. What goals? Set by who? Are we now training rather than educating and training for what? I think several contributors recognise that technology is impacting education faster than education can adapt in some ways. If we move towards training where we rely upon understandings of current software then we are simply training for a disposable workforce. There needs to be a central focus where teaching staff, with their professional standing and awareness of a variety of approaches with depth of knowledge and application, provide frameworks for students to develop from personal interest. Sure there are also rules and basic skills that need to be learnt so that students may learn to break or challenge established/current application where necessary and relevant; but it needs to be from a position of awareness not change for the sake of change which is where 'we' have been for the last twenty five years in terms of academic curriculum development. The primary drivers in curriculum change have come from auditors and accountants where academic development has been constrained by tick box accountabilities. While on some levels this has assured 'basic' degrees of delivery it has not done much for expanding academic practice and has seen process driven approaches as being more readily assessable where students assess rubric content to ensure their work is at HD levels and rubrics are sufficiently vague to allow for slippage in terms of interpreting a student's submission.
While applicable to all students, Strength-based learning is particularly designed to meet the needs of learners with exceptionalities. It both complements Universal based learning (UDL) and extends it in a proactive manner.
Teaching strategy is very important to achieve learning. But as to the best strategy to be used I doubt that there is the best. The strategy that a teacher is using depends on the need of the learner. If learning took place using varied strategy therefore that particular strategy is the best one...and if a teacher uses only one strategy and he/she achieve his/her goal therefore that strategy is again the best one...therefore the best strategy that addresses the need of a learner and help realize the goal/objective is the best one.
First, promoting a good climate within the classroom with students (empathy) in order to facilitate a meaningful learning. Also using different methods in which students are the protagonists.This promotes setting knowledge up under teacher’s leading. Moreover applying a feed back-forward where the teachers verify students improvements.
There is no single strategy best for all subjects. We should use a combination of different learning and teaching strategies on occasions depending on the topics we are teaching.
First of all a thorough subject knowledge is very important. Then try to incorporate the topics while teaching with the surrounding environment and its applications in day to day life. Try to understand your students so that you can adopt the best strategy of teaching for them as we teachers are familiar with some of the micro-teaching methods learnt through teachers' training like orientation programme.
Your question was about the most appropriate teaching strategy for all topics/subjects.
As for my experience, I take the heuristic method, in which students are encouraged to find out what we want them to learn. To do so, students must be curious and involved, what leads us to proposing interesting ways to come to learning
We may use of several pedagogic approaches, such as interactive classroom readings/debates, projects, assignments, presentations, guest lectures, role plays, field projects/visits, blended learning, Kolb learning cycles, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and so on. Variation is according to the group of students, the subject, the environment...
To know some topics by heart and to be precise towards knowledge is also important. So asking for outlines, mind maps, a fun oral call (be sure students don’t get distressed – or your objective towards their learning won’t be achieved) are some examples. Having the teacher's own specific agenda of studies (clear objectives) is therefore, necessary.
Periodical evaluation, making it clear for the students the criteria that will be used (some topics asking for precise information, some for creating information based on what was learned etc) is also advisable - one doesn’t discard the other. It will depend on teacher's intentions, on the subject being taught, on the curriculum, on professional and personal traits you want for the students.
It is also advisable paying attention to the students to check if they have the previous knowledge (process monitoring) necessary to learn the new topics as well as having a plan to help them out - such as teaching them what it is that they don’t know, coaching by other students, further explanations…
Talking to them to know if they are aware of their learning (encouraging self-awareness) is excellent to guarantee the basis for further learning. Tie knowledge to reality is also good, especially if we are talking of undergraduate students.
Self-directed learning (SDL) is an instructional strategy where the students, with guidance from the teacher, decide what and how they will learn. I think it could be the best strategy in this scenario.
Applying an successful behaviour management strategy is essential to achieve your students respect and ensure students have an equal chance of reaching their full potential
Cooperative Learning is important strategy by plan activities that need students to work together and learn from one another. This will also help to learn several skills such as critical thinking skills, communication skills, problem solving skills, etc..