demonstration teaching
Demonstration teaching is dominant in my class as students love the hands on learning style. They also are more interactive with one another which engages the entire class.
I am in total agreement. I demonstrate a procedure and all the students watch and take notes. The next step is for the class to break down into smaller groups and practice the techniques they just watched. It really enhances their learning to see it and then perform it. It is very engaging for them and it gets them to interact with each other and it also sharpens their soft skills too.
Hi Kelly:
Part of the Socartic quote goes " tell, and I'll forget, show me and I might remember....
Most students have some degree of visual learning capabilities. So showing them what they're to do can go a long ways towards assuring they'll practice correctly and ultimately master the skill, at least to the degree required.
Demonstration can also be used to remediate skills when it appears students have forgotten or still need for skill practice.
Regards, Barry
I totally agree with demonstration teaching, It has worked very well for me. It includes visual,audio and hands on,I find that all these together helps the "lights bulb" turn on faster.
My class is a hands on class anyway but before I get into lecturing about what they will be learning that day I show them how to do it then when it comes to lecturing they know what I am talking about. You can actually see heads nodding in agreement, not the glassy eyed stare because they have no idea what you are talking about. I also get more questions about procedures and why I did things the way I did. This is for people who talk with their hands!
L Mondragon
As a Culinary Arts instructor we must utilize the demonstration methods daily. This allows students to see our demos and gain as much knowledge as possible as on the topic of the day
Agree, as a computer software instructor most of the lesson is demonstration and practice. I do it and they watch; we do it together; then they do it and I help. To build on what is learned each day I ask the students to walk me through the steps of the process we have already learned, then I add the new steps. By using this constructivist method, students realize how much they learn each class, it improves attendance. This acts as a review for students who were absent or need remediation and the students are active participants in your deomonstration.
Hi Mary:
I believe the more engaged a student is in their own learning the more meaningful and memorable that learning will be. Sustained and long term.
So getting student to demonstrate, teaching others, and reviewing in small groups can be extremely beneficial in the long run.
Regards, Barry
