Thursday, February 10, 2011

LB#12 The Power of Film, Video and TV in the Classroom

The film, video and TV are powerful instructional tools when they are used appropriately and moderately. By "the power of film,video and tv in the classroom',the students can really see what happen .like for example how to use the contraceptives  In this situation,we all know that it is impossible to bring that in the classroom and through television,the students can be able to see  and it acts a great role in our learners side.It is nice way of teaching process because we can make the teaching -learning process more concrete,lively,colorful and interactive that the students like it.

LB#11MAKNG THE MOST OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND FIELD TRIPS

As we noticed that in field trips it is quite expensive to travel outdoors,so it should be that we used the four procedure of Mr.Brown to have a success  study trips such as; prelimenary planning by the teacher, preplanning with others going on the trips,taking the field trip itself and,post-field trip follow up activities.
Field trip is one tool that we can use to connect and relate our students with the topic. It is very effective specially when it is related to the things you want to teach to your students.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

LB #10 Demonstration in Teaching

1. What does demonstration mean?
               Demonstration is showing how a thing is done and emphasizing of the salient merits, utility and efficiency of a concept, a method or a process or an attitude.

LB #9 Teaching with Dramatized Experience

Dramatized experiences can range from the formal plays, pageants, to less formal tableau ,pantomine, puppets and role playing. Plays depict life, character or culture or a combination of all three.A pantomine is " the art of conveying a story through bodily movements only".A tableau is a picture like scene composed of people against a background, puppets, unlike the regular stage play, can present ideas with extreme simplicity.

LB #8 Teaching with contrived experience.

What are contrived experiences?
These are "edited" copies of reality and are used as substitutes for real things when it is not practical or not possible to bring or to do the real thing. The model of the atom,the globe, the planetarium , the simulated election process and the preserved specimen fall under contrived experiences.

LB #7 Direct proposeful experience and beyond

1. What are referred to as direct, purposeful experiences?
These re our concrete and firsthand experiences that make up the foundation of our learning
These are the rich experiences that our senses bring from which we construct the ideas, the concepts, the generalizations that give meaning and order to our lives.They are sensory experiences.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

LB #6 Using and Evaluating Instructional Material

 In using and Evaluating Instructional Materials teachers must be ensure that the picture is clear and neat so children can understand and willing to participate during the class discussion .A teacher may use instructional materials to aid in the learning of subject matter for a class. These instructional materials could include: 
  • Power Point presentations (visual aids) 
  • Books 
  • Articles 
  • Materials for project development