Lesson:10 Demonstration in Teaching

                                                     
                                                         "Demonstration in Teaching"

       
           Demonstrations  are valuable tools for teaching both concrete techniques (skills) and abstract concepts (principles). A good demonstration permits a student to learn by observation, a skill we use innately when learning to talk, walk, and even clap our hands. They can be used to teach techniques like conducting a counseling session, using a computer program, or drawing blood for analysis. They can also be used to help students learn concepts like profit margin in economics, Boyle's law in chemistry, or probability in mathematics.

 During the demonstration, give a simple explanation for each step as you proceed. Observe students throughout to make sure your pace isn't too fast or too slow. Remember to summarize the demonstration or let students summarize it. This can be done either as you proceed through it or immediately afterward. After the demonstration, review key points with the class. If a significant number of students missed or misunderstood any key points, you may need to repeat the demonstration. As a follow-up exercise, have students apply the concept to a new situation so they can generalize their learning. For technique demonstrations, it is often helpful for students to watch the teacher coach a student volunteer through a technique. The teacher's facility with equipment often hides difficulties which are readily observed in unfamiliar hands. Then have students perform the technique on their own to consolidate learning.

lesson:9 Teaching with Dramatized Experience

                     Teaching with Dramatized Experience

One of the common problems in teaching is the uninterested of the students to learn and listen to the teacher's discussion.One way to remedy this is by dramatization.In this way,the learners get involved in away that they will participate in an interactive and fun way.This also makes the audience(learners) understand easily what is the idea being conveyed as what they have seen on the dramatization being presented.This give a greater impact on the understanding of the  audience because the audience just not know but also feels the idea being conveyed. For teachers,it is important for them to analyze the appropriate instructional materials to used having a mastery on it.Examples of dramatization are role play,pantomine,puppet,pageant etc.