There are 3 global strategies that teachers could use;
1) Role play
o Aim: To make students participate in class and attract their interest in the subject.
o Outcome: Increase attention in class and increase their interest to learn during classroom in more active way.
o Strength: It is a practical way in making students understand what has been taught in class and make them remember easily because they are the one who get involved in it.
o Weakness: Time consuming.
2) Group discussion
~define:
o An activity which consists of several students in a group that make them together understand, evaluate and solve problem of subjects learn.
o Aim: Encourage students to cooperate with each other.
o Outcome: Increase the level of students’ understanding and their memory in scoring the subject.
o Strength: Help them to master the subject learned in class and able to help their peers in understanding the subject learned.
o Weakness: Teacher difficulties to monitor the level of understanding of all groups.
3) Student-centred approach
~define:
o Focuses on students as active learners; teacher helps students to discover their own abilities in study instead of teacher giving lectures and controls the classroom activities.
o Aim: Create students awareness and help them using their own strategies for learning.
o Outcome: Enhance students’ ability on creative thinking.
o Strength: Encourage students to be more cooperative towards each other in the learning process and to develop motivation in learning.
o Weakness: Teacher loses control in managing the classroom and may create conflict among students as they have different opinions/ arguments in learning.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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