CLASSIFICATION OF TEACHING STYLES (IN CLASS)

Educationist is a specialist in the theory and methods of teaching. They always find out many strategies to develop the activity and skill being taught as well as learners’ ability. So, at present there are three popular teaching styles applied in school and depends on motivation, age and learning environment: instruction, demonstration, and appliance.

First, instruction is the most basic methodology in teaching. The teacher makes most of the decisions and use command style ensuring all students do the same thing. For example, when teaching a new skill, the instructor becomes a sole transformer of information to their students. This method is useful with presenting a piece of instructions, questions students commonly, and provides periodic summaries or main important point through unfamiliar lesson. It is good for teaching specific facts and basic skill.

Next, demonstration method is a psychological methods and students take active interest in teaching learning process. For example, after learner has seen a presentation that is live, exciting teacher has a responsibility of showing learner a model performance that match or pass what student did seen before. Since, teacher performs the experience at his own speed; many students are able to comprehend the concept being clarified. If teacher have a good demonstration, it allow student to form a model in their memory and.

Last, application to practice situation is the best method of teaching .When using this method, teacher expects students to practice the skills in planned condition .It spends  a lot of time on focusing on learning about the facts involved in related sciences at home. Such application discussion, debate, role –play are typical of this method nowadays. The students make most or all of decisions in what are usually problem-solving type activities. The application depicts the acknowledgement of important of students’ interaction.

In conclusion, the role of teacher as well as teaching strategies become very important  as they are ones who mould students in right way. These motivate students to do better, encourage them to participate in extra curriculum activities. Mark Van Doren : “the art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.