Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Developing New Strategies

Effective Teachers must strategically determine how they will present their lessons. Teacher strategies fall into two divisions: Direct Instruction and Indirect Instruction. Strategies involving direct instruction is where the teacher, software/computer is the major information provider. Indirect instruction means the student can rearrange or add to the content and material to facilitate learning. 
When to use a direct or indirect strategy is based upon what is being taught. When facts, rules or action steps are presented, a direct instructional strategy should be employed.  However, to teach concepts, inquiry or problem solving, it is best to used indirect teaching strategies. 

To be an Effective Teacher we should never just present information or a lesson without considering what is being taught, the tools to be used and expected student outcomes. To do this, an effective strategy of teaching must be thought out, designed and implemented.  This helps to increase the quality of teachers and improve student response and understanding of the material.


An informative video of strategies for teaching to different learning styles.

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