Sabado, Marso 25, 2017

Chapter 2-Teaching Approaches and Method


            Approach is a set of assumptions that define beliefs and theories about the nature of the learner and the process of learning which is translated into the classroom. Method is an overall plan for systematic presentation of a lesson based upon a selected approach. It implies an orderly logical arrangement of steps. It is more procedural. Techniques are the specific activities manifested in the classroom that are consistent with a method and therefore in harmony with an approach as well.  It is a well-defined procedure used to accomplish a specific activity or task. In teaching K-12 program, the curriculum shall be learner-centered, inclusive and developmentally appropriate; the curriculum shall be relevant, responsive and researched- based; the curriculum shall be culture-sensitive; the curriculum shall be contextualized and global; the curriculum shall use pedagogical approaches that are constructivist, inquiry-based, reflective, collaborative and integrative; The curriculum shall adhere to the principles and framework of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE); The curriculum shall use the spiral progression approach to ensure mastery of knowledge and skills after each level; and The curriculum shall be flexible enough to enable and allow schools to localize, indigenize and enhance the same based on their respective educational and social contexts. There are learning approaches to the K to 12 program and these are the following. Learner-centered choice of teaching method and technique has the learner as the primary consideration. Inclusive no student is excluded from the circle of learners. Developmentally appropriate the tasks required of students are within their developmental stages. Responsive and relevant using a relevant and responsive teaching approach means making your teaching meaningful.  Research-based you apply methods of teaching which have been proven to be effective. Culture-sensitive you are mindful of the diversity of cultures in your classroom. Contextualized and global you make teaching meaningful by putting your lesson in a context. Constructivist being constructivist means you believe that students learn by building upon their prior knowledge. Inquiry-based and reflective A test of your effectiveness in the use of the inquiry-based approach is when the students begin formulating questions, risking answers, probing, reflecting, acting as researchers and writers of research reports. Collaborative this teaching approach involves groups of  students or teachers and students working together. Integrative this can be intradisciplinary, interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary. Spiral progression approach this approach is also interdisciplinary. This enables students to explore connections among the sciences and branches of math.  MTB-MLE-based The Mother tongue is used as a medium of instruction from K to 3 in addition to it being taught as a subject from Grades 1 to 3. There are different methods in teaching; Direct and indirect method where direct is teacher-dominated. You lecture immediately on what you want the students to learn without necessarily involving them in the process while in indirect you synthesize what have been shared to connect loose ends and give a whole picture of the past class proceedings and ideas shared before you lead them to the drawing of generalizations or conclusions.; Deductive and inductive method, In the deductive method, you begin your lesson with a generalization, a rule, a definition and end with examples and illustrations or with what is concrete. While, in the inductive method, you begin your lesson with examples, with what is known, with the concrete and with details. You end with the students giving the generalization, abstraction or conclusion.
         Approaches, method and technique are necessary in teaching. Conveying knowledge to students take a lot of effort, courage and procedure. Flexible teachers are useless if you are not able to come up with strategies that will gain student's mood in learning. In teaching, it requires logical arrangement of steps and it is more procedural. We must consider approach that will ensure mastery of knowledge and skills. In teaching we should give account to different approaches such as learner-centered wherein we give considerations to students, inclusive wherein it gives everyone the right to learn, developmentally appropriate, responsible and relevant where you connect the topic to real life situation, Research-based where you apply method in teaching, culture-sensitive that is anchored on respect for cultural diversity, contextualize and global, constructivist, inquiry-based and reflective, collaborative, integrative, spiral progression and MTB-MLE-based. These are the approaches which embodied method and technique that are relevant in learning.

           A teacher without prior knowledge about having different approaches, technique and method in teaching is like teaching without thinking if her students had learn something from her. These things are important for teachers and for the students as well. There is no best method, we can only conclude that it is best when students had learned from you and are able to apply their learning in different aspects. To have an effective method the teachers and the learners must be ready in tossing up with the topic. In K to 12 programs, the teacher must be able to apply those approaches for it embodies methods and technique that is helpful and relevant in learning. I as a future teacher must know how to consider learners ability, give to them the total freewill to collaborate and interact with one another. Another thing is that, we should be considerate with the culture of each student. To have a successful lesson, we should know how to connect the lesson to real life situation where everyone can relate. We must congregate ideas that has basis and has been proven effective. A lesson will only be called effective when both the teachers and the students are ready. Method, approaches and strategy are proven effective in teaching.

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