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Please, see the attached picture, it shows the main differences between a method and strategy in teaching. You can press on the attached website link to read the excellent presentation that entitled "Methods and strategies of teaching" by Jerrin Issac
As in the term "strategic planning" the strategy is the big-picture approach, based your foundational theoretical framework. Your methods are the more specific categories of learning activities that will allow students to achieve outcome goals of the class.
Maybe your strategy is "student-centereed active learning" but you accomplish this via a series of individual methods.
The attached book chapter uses slightly different words, but may help you understand how learning objectives, strategy, methods, and tactics fit together.
I did follow both , in teaching especially when we have older students we need to more mindful of their experience (I had students had good amount of work experience) . So I would not force any bookish rules...
I would think : It start with listening and letting go of some authoritative approach .
Teaching Approach is like a description of how we go about teaching our students. This description explains what we do when we teach.
The sorts of teaching and learning activities that we have planned (lecture, tutorial, self-directed learning, case study, workshop, workplace learning);
Ways in which we try to engage students with the subject matter (provide students with basic facts, relate new knowledge to what students already know, build in interaction, be passionate, be enthusiastic);
The ways in which we support our students (encourage questions, set formative assessments, provide constructive feedback).
The mode or manner we are teaching is very important as well because in that way we notice and measure our students’ improvement. Also we can know how to facilitate learning (qualities of the teacher such as passion, principles for good teaching practice such as providing timely and constructive feedback, putting educational theory into practice.
v Then, we have the Teaching method which comprises the principles and methods used for instruction. Commonly used teaching methods may include class participation, demonstration, recitation, memorization, or combinations of these. The choice of teaching method or methods to be used depends largely on the information or skill that is being taught, and it may also be influenced by the aptitude and enthusiasm of the students.
If we compare the teaching approach and the teaching method, the difference is that the teaching approach is like the form or way we teach, how we do it while the teaching method is what kind of activities we use in order to teach.
Tell me, I forget, Show me, I remember, Involve me, I understand.
v Teaching techniques are such steps we follow when we teach. For example, when we want to help students learn the meaning of new vocabulary words we can use a teaching technique known as Definition Clues. The process works as follows.
The teacher chooses a word and work in different steps.
STEP 1Give Definition Clue (an example of the word in a real situation)
STEP 3 - Give the actual definition of the word
STEP 4 - Ask students for the correct answer after each word.
We can easier teach any topic following steps, and it will help us to be more organized and to facilitate and make funny our students’ learning process.
v Finally, Teaching strategies are the methods we use to allow learners to access the information we are teaching.
For example, we could read the information to them; we could display it pictorially; we could allow them to research the information themselves; we could present it as a PowerPoint presentation. We can use our creativity so as to make every class interesting by using good strategies for teaching.
People learn in 3 main ways - visually, auditory and kinesthetically.
Visual learners learn by looking at/seeing something.
Auditory learners learn by hearing it/being told it.
Kinesthetic learners learn by actually doing/experiencing it.
Your teaching strategies should aim to include all types of learner.
Active Learning - Active Learning is anything that students do in a classroom other than merely passively listening to an instructor's lecture.
Clicker Use in Class - Clickers enable instructors to rapidly collect and summarize student responses to multiple-choice questions they ask of students in class.
Collaborative/Cooperative Learning - Cooperative and collaborative learning are instructional approaches in which students work together in small groups to accomplish a common learning
Critical Thinking - Critical thinking is a collection of mental activities that include the ability to intuit, clarify, reflect, connect, infer, and judge. It brings these activities together and enables the student to question what knowledge exists.
Discussion Strategies - Engaging students in discussion deepens their learning and motivation by propelling them to develop their own views and hear their own voices. A good environment for interaction is the first step in encouraging students to talk.
Experiential Learning - Experiential learning is an approach to education that focuses on "learning by doing," on the participant's subjective experience. The role of the educator is to design "direct experiences" that include preparatory and reflective exercises.
Games/Experiments/Simulations - Games, experiments and simulations can be rich learning environments for students. Students today have grown up playing games and using interactive tools such as the Internet, phones, and other appliances. Games and simulations enable students to solve real-world problems in a safe environment and enjoy themselves while doing so.
Humor in the Classroom - Using humor in the classroom can enhance student learning by improving understanding and retention.
Now, if we compare teaching techniques with teaching strategies, the difference would be that teaching techniques are the steps we use in order to teach our students in an organized way; moreover, It would help us to order better our classes, while teaching strategies are methods we use to teach in order to facilitate our students’ learning and also it heps us to teach in a more creative way.
In Greek "strategy" means an army general's method of planning. If you were an army general you would know how to proceed in battle. A teacher's method of teaching is unique and encompasses everything he uses in his work.
Please, go to the attached website link to read the interesting presentation that entitled " A Comparative Survey of Teaching Strategies Used By P.U & U.E English Teachers At Master’s Level", hope you find it useful...
The term teaching method refers to the general principles, pedagogy and management strategies used for classroom instruction. For many years, the lecture method was the most widely used instructional strategy in college classrooms.
Teaching is a human endeavour to disseminate knowledge. In order this to happen there are things to be devised in an orderly and well principled manners, which one can call it plan and strategy. These plans and strategies should be acted through effective methods so that goals are met. There might be plans and strategies, but if there are no effective methods of carrying them out, they are are useless as having none.
"What is the difference between strategy, technique, method and approach in terms of teaching
Method
Method is a way something is done. Perhaps used for routine tasks.
Teaching Method: Refers to how you apply your answers from the questions stated in Teaching Approaches to your day to day instruction in front of your students. Do you follow the textbooks and curricula to the letter with everything? Are you more of a Socratic teacher and prompt discussion by asking questions to lead students to understanding? Do you advocate learning by doing? Are your students expected to simply listen attentively and take notes (not that any student really does that) with the hopes that they can memorize the facts for assessment? This is not really a question of 'what works for you' but what actual practices and procedures of teaching do you prefer and come most naturally to you?
Strategy
Strategy usually requires some sort of planning. You'd probably use strategy when faced with a new situation, ie. the strategy to win a game.
A plan of action designed to achieve an overall aim.
Strategy means a method. Such as when playing a football game, "That was a great strategy! It always works!" or when playing a video "Ok, our strategy is to go around the enemy".
Your example, "Whats your strategy for setting goals?", is ok to say but some people might not know what you mean. Strategy is almost like the word 'tactic'. Example :
A) What tactics do you use?
B) My teams tactics are going around."...
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Strategy usually requires some sort of planning. You'd probably use strategy when faced with a new situation, ie. the strategy to win a game.
A plan of action designed to achieve an overall aim.
Method is a way something is done. Perhaps used for routine tasks.
Teaching Method: Refers to how you apply your answers from the questions stated in Teaching Approaches to your day to day instruction in front of your students.
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A method is a pedagogical approach, the methods (based on theories and usually research), that a teacher uses to teach students. A strategy (again based on theories of learning and research), is the structure, system, method, techniques and processes that a teacher uses during instruction using a pedagogical approach/es. For example, a pedagogical approach/method might be explicit instruction, the teaching strategy could be modelling through - I do, we do, you do. Learning activities are the next level, and refer to what students do, e.g., teacher guided instructional tasks.