Teaching

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• Teaching Learning

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Factors
Teaching Styles
Learning Styles
Teaching Learning aids
Assessment
Reflection
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Learning Style
Honey Mumford (1984)

• Activist
• Pragmatist
• Theorist
• Reflector

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Activists

• Fully involved
• Accept new challenges
• Open minded
• Enjoy short term crises

• Bored with the mundane
• Gregarious
• Ill try anything once!

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Pragmatist

• Keen to try new ideas
• Experiment
• Act swiftly
• Practical minded

• Creative
• Positive approach
• Problem solvers
• If it works its good!

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Theorists

• Logical approach
• Formulate theories
• Cautious
• Rationalise

• Analytical/Objective
• Systems thinkers
• If its logical its good

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Reflectors

• Objective
• Ponder experiences
• Quantify
• Adopt low profile

• Cautious
• Consider all perspectives
• Want wider picture
• Look before you leap

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Teaching Styles
Autocratic
Hierarchical structure
Teacher centred
Formal
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Outcomes

• Advantages
• Useful for large groups
• Large amounts delivered in shorter time

• Disadvantages
• Little interaction with students
• Rigidity may constrain student creativity and
  response

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Teaching Styles
Democratic
Tutor Student participation
Negotiated Learning
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Outcome

• Advantages
• Good interpersonal relations
• Encourages cohesion
• Encourages participation
• Potential for shared experiences

• Disadvantages
• Time consuming
• Some learners dislike group approach
• Some may dominate such a session
• Requires strong classroom management

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Teaching Style
Laissez - Faire
Facilitative
Student centred approach
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Outcomes

• Advantages
• Students encouraged to take responsibility of own
  learning
• Work at own pace and level
• Students given choice

• Disadvantages
• Does not suit some learner styles
• Danger of students seeing approach as tutorcop
  out
• Requires strong tutorial skills

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Teaching Methods
Consider
From the list of teaching methods given, rank
them in order of student preference. Start with
the most preferred
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Teaching Methods
30
Group discussion
80
Observation
80
Games/Simulations
Worksheets
28
24
Drama
70
Deadlines
67
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Theories
Artwork
13
63
Essays
Design
11
Lectures
61
Experiments
59
I.T.
50
Library/Research
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Degree of Involvement
Teaching Methods
Low
Lecture
Autocratic
Formal Teaching
Discussion work
Democratic
Buzz Sessions
Question Answer
Role Play
Simulations
Laissez-Faire
Projects
Assignments
Research
High