Teaching approach and strategy

A set of principles, beliefs or ideas about the nature of learning which is translated into the classroom.

• Teaching approach

• Teaching strategy

• Inductive

• Student-centered

It is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal.

• Teaching approach

• Teaching strategy

• Task-material

• Deductive

Teaching approaches are such as

• teacher-centered

• deductive

• Thematic

• activity-based

Learning starts from specific to general.

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Thematic

• Activity-based

Learning starts from general to specific examples or concepts.

• Inductive

• Deductive

• Deducted

• Inducted

Electic approach is

• combination of the good characteristics of two or more approaches

• Can be combination of inductive and deductive

• suitable for mixed-ability classroom

• presented through large concepts or ideas called themes

-Learning is presented through large concepts or ideas called themes

-Enables students to analyze, generalize and apply knowledge

-This approach trains students to combine various related ideas into a theme

• Inductive approach

• Deductive approach

• Electic approach

• Thematic approach

Teacher-centered strategy

• Teacher and students control the classroom

• Students are active participants by designing their own learning

• Teacher controls the classroom

• Students are passive, receive what is presented only

Which of the following is characteristic of student-centered strategy ?

• Learning is focused on teachers' learning, group learning, self-directed and inquiry-discovery learning

• Students are actively involved during the t&l

• Teacher acts as a facility

• Facilitator are responsible to complete the task given

Student-centered strategy acitivities are such as...

• Drama

• Role-play

• Gallery walk

• Discussion

• Cooperative learning