Demonstration strategy

What is demonstration strategy?

It is a teaching method that allows students to see the teacher activity engaged as a learner and a model rather than merely telling them what they need to know.

Purpose of demonstration

1. To stimulate interest in a particular topic:

2. To illustrate points efficiently:

3. To provide a change of pace:

4. Lack of equipment

5. Time constraint

6. Risky experiments 

Principles of an effective demonstration

·         Behaviors being demonstrated must be modeled   accurately.

·         Learners must be able to clearly perceive what is going on,

·         Appropriate during demonstration explanations and discussions can enhance the student’s performance.

Types of demonstration.

1.      Pure-demonstration.

2.      Demonstration -with –commentary.

3.      Participative demonstration.

   Procedure/ how

1.      Carefully plan the demonstration:

2.      Practice the demonstration:

3.      Develop an outline to guide the demonstration:

4.      Make sure everyone can see the demonstration:

5.      Introduce the demonstration to focus attention:

6.      Ask and encourage questioning:       

7.      Plan a follow up to the demonstration:         

Advantages of demonstration strategy

•  Seeing before doing [Benefit from seeing before having to do]
•  Task guidance [teacher will guided the procedure step by step]
•  Economy of supplies [Fewer supplies needed because not everyone needs to handle material]
•  Safety [Allows teacher to control potentially dangerous materials or machinery instead of students]
•  Helps people who learn well by modeling others [Those who learn by observing others demonstration]
•  Promotes self-confidence.
• Allows attention to be focused on specific details rather than general theories.
•  It makes the pupils familiar with the nature and use of apparatus.
•  In this method no time is wasted.
• Pupils are told beforehand [teacher informed all the students before conduct practical in lab]

Disadvantages of demonstration strategy

• Limited view [Students may not have an equal view of demonstration, so some may miss an aspect of the demonstration]

—  May not be appropriate for the different learning rates of the participants.

—  Teachers do not try for more experiments than those given in the text book prescribed.

—  Less Oral discussion.

• Not hand-on [Practical as required may not go hand in hand with demonstration work.]

—  Teacher preparedness [ample time should be set aside to practice the demonstration]

—  Resources.

Demonstration strategy mainly talks about seeing, hearing and doing. It’s the teaching with steps by steps. Practically showing how it is being done. It really depends upon the class strength which types of demonstration teacher should focus. Here the most important point that teacher should keep in mind is that demonstration should be clear and seen by everyone.

Project

Project Strategy

A project is any activity, individual or group, involving the exploration and clarification problems, prearranged and carried out to conclusion under the assistance of the teacher.

There are four types of project strategy

1) The Producer type:  in which the stress is focused towards actual construction of material object or article.

2) The Consumer type:  where the objective is to obtain either direct or various experience, such a as reading and learning from stories, listening to a musical delectation etc.

3) The Problem type:  in which the chief purpose is to solve a problem involving the intellectual processes.

4) The Drill type: where the objective is to attain a certain degree of skill in a reaction- as learning a vocabulary

Students learn to work independently and take responsibility when they are asked to make choices. The opportunity to make choices, and to express their learning in their own voice, also helps to increase students’ educational engagement.

This strategy helps the students to gain a deeper understanding of the concepts and build vital workplace skills and lifelong habits of learning. It also allows students to address community issues, explore careers, interact with adult mentors, and helps in the use of technology and presents their work to audiences beyond the classroom.

In this strategy Students are at the center of the learning process. Students learn through inquiry and have some control over decisions about how they complete their tasks. The teacher takes on the role of a facilitator or coach. Students often work in collaborative groups, assuming roles that make best use of their individual talents.

The project method of teaching should promote critical thinking; encourage divergent thinking and multiple solutions; engage students in real-world challenges; encourage student ownership, direction, and management of resources; and provide opportunities for teamwork and encourage collaboration.

The project method would provide students with social goals and allow them to engage in activities that would require them to think and solve problems. He stated that the project would need to meet the tests of social significance, intellectual activity, and a variety of other values.

Projects encourage creativity and give the student a sense of accomplishment, pride, and self-worth. Above all, an interested student is a motivated student; and a motivated student strives to do the best possible job. Projects do not promote a single answer, limit student participation, suppress collaboration, or discourage application of new contexts.