Methods of Teaching

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UNIT 1
UNIT 4
UNIT 5
UNIT 3
UNIT 6
UNIT 2
UNIT 7
Week 7, session 1 lesson
Today in class (10 minutes) 
Ask a Student Teacher to give the name of the previous unit. (This person may look at 
the syllabus for the answer.) State that the next Student Teacher will be asked to state 
the purpose of the unit. Give the class a moment to reflect and then choose a Student 
Teacher to respond. (Answer: The purpose of the unit was to learn the distinctive 
features of direct and indirect instruction and to take a position on the role that these 
methods of instruction have in primary school classrooms in Pakistan.) Ask if anyone 
wants to add to the response. 
State that the next Student Teacher will be asked to state the main point of the last 
class session in Unit 3. Give Student Teachers a moment to reflect and then choose 
someone to respond. (Answer: Effective teachers understand and have practised sever-
al methods of teaching. They choose from one method or a combination of methods 
that they believe is most likely to be successful for the lesson’s purpose and students 
characteristics.) Ask if anyone wants to add to the chosen class member’s response. 
Preparation for small-group work (5 minutes)
Remind Student Teachers that direct and indirect instruction are comprehensive meth-
ods that are influenced by particular theories of learning and by the belief that mental 
processes can be classified as lower- or higher-order thinking skills. In this unit, you will 
cover teaching methods that can be classified as teaching strategies. Two of the strate-
gies (lecture and demonstration) are means for transmitting declarative and procedural 
knowledge to children and one (discussion) is a means for developing understanding. 
Ask for an explanation of the distinction between declarative and procedural knowl-
edge. (The class will first encounter this distinction in Unit 6 so help them if they find 
the task difficult.) Assign Student Teachers to groups and ask them to think about 
their experience in school. Student Teachers should try to recall an interesting and 
effective lecture, a demonstration that produced the desired results, and a discussion 
in which their knowledge and/or attitudes changed.