Friday 21 February 2020

EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT BY NELSON AYODELE

 
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The 21st century educators are those ones who move with time in the academic system, and strive to find modern ways of teaching and impacting knowledge. Below is a summary of some of the ways a teacher could effectively improve on his or her teaching in the classroom.

IDENTIFYING SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
1. Most times when a subject appears to be too concentrated, it takes a longer time for a teacher to be able to drive home his point to the students put under his care to impact on, this is where identifying the similarities and differences comes in, in  teaching any given subject. Being able to break a subject down and taking the parts in turn goes a long way to making it simple for students to understand what a teacher is passing across.

2. SUMMARISING AND NOTE TAKING
Until a student understands and is able to put in his or her own words what has been taught, it cannot be said that a teacher has succeeded in transferring knowledge. This is because most times, students do not go back to their notes, but if they are able to form their notes using their own words, what is taught sticks because it is from their understanding of the subject. This doesn’t mean however that a teacher should not prepare his or her own notes.

3. REINFORCING EFFORT AND PROVIDING RECOGNITION
Every student needs to be motivated to work, and as result not just the students that do well should be appreciated, but even the ones that are believed to be backward. Introducing a kind of incentive for good performance, as well as driving other students by awarding them gifts, even when academically, they may not deserve it, would go a great length to helping a teacher achieve a positive result with his work.

4. HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE.
Apart from keeping a child busy outside school with homework, a teacher should also ...


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