Selection and Use of Teaching Strategies

SELECTION AND USE
OF TEACHING
STRATEGIES

GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN THE SELECTION
AND USE OF TEACHING STRATEGIES:
1. Learning is an active process.
 We have to actively engage the learners in learning
activities if we want them to learn what we intend to
teach.
 Hands-on-minds learning
 Research shows
 75% retention rates in learning by doing
 90% retention rates learning by teaching others

2. The more senses that are involved in learning,
the more and the better the learning.

3. A non-threatening atmosphere
enhances learning.
 Physical
classroom
condition:
Proper lightning
Good ventilation
Order
Tidiness
painting of the
room

 Psychological climate:
personality of a
teacher
rapport between
students and the
teacher
relationship among
students

Steps on how to create a positive classroom
atmosphere:
1) Cultivate culture of respect
2) Believe in our student’s capacity
3) Make our students feel they belong to a
community of learners with shared goal or purpose
4) Encourage more collaboration and cooperation
and less competition
5) Give allowance for mistakes

4. Emotion has the power to increase retention
and learning.
 bring emotion into the classroom
 recognize the power of emotion to increase
retention

5. Learning is
meaningful when it is
connected to the
students’ everyday life.
 The meaningfulness
& relevance of what
we teach is
considerably reduced
by our practice of
teaching simply for
testing.
 “answering
pedagogy”

6. Good teaching goes
beyond recall of
information
 teaching should reach
the levels of application,
analysis, synthesis, and
evaluation to hone our
student’s thinking skills.

7. An integrated
teaching approach is far
more effective than
teaching isolated bits of
information.
 considers the Multiple
Intelligences (MI) &
varied learning styles
(LS) of students

 An integrated approach incorporates successful, research-
based and brain- based instructional strategies.
 Some research findings about the brain (Wolfe, 2001):
1) Without rehearsal or constant attention, information remains in
working memory for only about 15-20 secs.
2) Learning is a process of building neural networks.
3) Our brains have difficulty comprehending very large numbers because
we have nothing in our experience to ‘hook’ them to.
4) The eyes contain nearly 70% of the body’s sensory receptors & send
millions of signals every second along the optic nerves to the visual
processing of the brain.
5) There is little doubt when information is embedded in the music or
rhyme, its recall is easier than when it is in prose.

Some research findings about the brain (Wolfe, 2001):
 Without rehearsal
or constant
attention,
information
remains in working
memory for only
about 15-20 secs.

2. Learning is a
process of building
neural networks.

3. Our brains have
difficulty
comprehending very
large numbers
because we have
nothing in our
experience to ‘hook’
them to.

4. The eyes contain
nearly 70% of the
body’s sensory
receptors & send
millions of signals
every second along
the optic nerves to
the visual processing
of the brain.

5. There is little
doubt when
information is
embedded in the
music or rhyme, its
recall is easier than
when it is in prose.

Brain- based strategies:
1) Involving Students in Real-life or Authentic
Problem-Solving
2) Using Projects to Increase Meaning & Motivation
3) Simulations & Roleplays as Meaning makers
4) Classroom Strategies Using Visual Processing
o Visuals are powerful aids in retention as well as in
understanding.

 E.g. of graphics by Robert J. Marzano in their book Classroom Instruction
That Works

5) Songs, jingles & raps
6) Mnemonic Strategies
7) Writing Strategies
8) Active Review
9) Hands-on activities

An integrated approach is also interdisciplinary
and multidisciplinary. Touch the other aspect of
life outside the school.
An instructional Approach is also integrated
when it includes the acquisition of knowledge,
skills as well as values. Relate your subject with
other subjects.

8. There is no such thing as best teaching
method. The best method is the one that works,
the one that yields results.
 Factors to consider in the choice of teaching method:
a) Instructional objective;
b) Nature of the subject matter;
c) The learners;
d) The teacher; &
e) School policies.

ASSIGNMENT
 Choose 5 teaching strategies in your book.
 Write its description and give a specific example on how are you going to
use it in your subject.
 Write your answer in a yellow paper using this format:
Name and Course
Teaching Strategy: Description
Application:
Refer to Curriculum Guide for choosing a topic and writing
objectives

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