DIFFERENT METHODS OF TEACHING

1. Direct and Indirect Method

The direct method is teacher-

dominated. You lecture

immediately on what you want the students to learn

without necessarily

involving them in the process.

EXAMPLE:You want to teach students on how to

pronounce a word, how to write a paragraph, how to add fractions, how to thread a sewing machine, how to dribble the ball, how to draw a G-clef or how to read the map.

To teach them the skills or process, you show them how by demonstrating it. This is the “telling” and the “showing” method. You are a lecturer and demonstrator.

INDIRECT METHOD

The indirect method is learner-

dominated. You give the student an active role in

the learning process.

In the indirect method, your task is to ask your

students question to provoke their thinking, imagination, thought-

organizing skills. You are a questionnaire, a facilitator,

a thought synthesizer.

EXAMPLE:You ask students to share their comments

on a news article, share their thoughts about the lesson-related picture, their stand on controversial issues like the proposed Charter Change, Presidential Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). After listening to their thoughts, you continue facilitating the teaching-learning process by asking more thought-provoking questions and by leading them to draw generalization , abstract or conclusion.

2. Deductive and Inductive

Method

DEDUCTIVE METHOD

You begin your lesson with generalization, a rule, a definition and

end with examples and illustrations or what is

concrete.

EXAMPLES:1. You start the lesson in economics

with the law of supply and demand then give examples to illustrates.

2. You give the definition of pollination then show a video clip of the pollination process.

INDUCTIVE METHODYou begin your lesson

with the examples, with what is known, with the concrete and with the

details. You end with the students giving

generalization, abstract and conclusions.

To enable the students to derived the rule, state the formula or give the definition, be sure you gave enough examples, illustrations and details for them to be able to see a pattern and come up with generalization or rule or definition.

EXAMPLE:For the lesson on pollination, you show

them a video clip of the process of pollination. Make your students view the process of pollination, then ask them the state in sentence what the process of pollination is.

Which is the best method?

There is no such thing as best method?

There is no such thing as better or best method. The best method is the method that works, the method is effective, the method that will enable you to realize your intended outcome. 1) teacher’s readiness2) Learner’s readiness3) Nature of the subject matter4) Time allotment for a subject

The inductive-indirect method is superior to the deductive-direct method in terms of learners engagement. This method is more in keeping with time-tested principle that learning is an active process.