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Teaching methodology questions and answers

1)	What is teaching methodology?

Ans. teaching Method can be defined as a procedure by which a goal is reached, a purpose accomplished or a result achieved. Method can also be defined as a practical application of teaching principles based on the nature of learner, the nature of the subject and the learning needs of the pupils/students.

A method is a process and style of communicating ideas, attitudes, knowledge, skills to a selected target group, in order to achieve a pre-determined leaning objective. •	A good teaching method should result into maximum learning for a given target group

2)	The basic concept of methodology.

a. That the method is dependent on the learning theories and principles adopted by the teacher and the effective application given to these theories and principles. b. That motivation is the force behind learning and that every learning situation must be motivating. 3. That in teaching business subjects the teacher needs to employ methods required in all of the following four (4) areas of teaching. 	Facts 	Ideas and attitudes 	Skills 	Competency and problem solving

4)Function of teaching is what? explain two of them FUNCTIONS OF TEACHING

1.	Informing and explaining: A good teacher is expected to be knowledgeable in his area of specialization. 2.	 Stimulating, directing, guiding and administering: Teaching involve stimulating the pupils/students to learn. 3.	Identify what to learn: 4.	Identifying learning problems: 5.	Evaluating, reporting and recording: 6.	Classroom arrangement:. 7.	Socialisation: 8.	School-community relationship: The school is known to be a macrocosm of the society. Through teaching, the teacher may foster relationship with the wider community.

5)	Classify the main teaching methods. Teaching methods can generally be classified into two broad categories, namely:		Child-centered methods 	Teacher-centered methods 	Child-centered methods include: 	Activity methods 	Assignment 	Supervised study 	Discussion method 	Field trip 	Project method 	Play and games method etc. These methods may be applicable to both individual and group approaches to teaching.

6)	Lecture method’s advantages and disadvantages. Advantages of the Lecture Method

1.	Wide area of studies can be covered within a short time. 2.	Large population of students is taught at once by a single teacher. 3.	 It saves time and energy of the teacher as he can say one thing to the whole students at the same time instead of single individual.

Disadvantages of the Lecture Method 1.	It is a teacher-centered method of teaching 2.	It kills students’ initiatives as it makes passive listeners 3.	It does not cater for the individual differences of the students. This is evident in the sense that the students are taught by the teacher a same speed as a whole group. 4.	It does not provide students with enough opportunities to practice their oral communication skills.

7)	Discussion method involves different views, innumerate some of them. 1-	Discussion Method Discussions: were used to encourage participation and exact ideas about issues. Just as in brainstorming, discussions also stretch imaginations and help participants embrace outcomes or ideas generated by consensus. Leading group discussion 	Train the students to lead group discussions effectively and give every student a chance to play the leadership rate.

8)	What are the similarities of role playing and debate methods? •	Debates build around key topics, help pupils to improve their language skills and their ability to determine reasons for or against a given opinion •	Role playing is not an end itself. It supplements other techniques in which participants assume an identity other than their own, to cope with real or hypothetical problems in human relations and other areas. Students undertake to act out behavior patterns they believe are characteristics of those roles in specific social situations. e.g. two students might act out an interview, one taking the role of a manager and the other a subordinate in which a manager is responsible for evaluating the job performance of the subordinate.

9) briefly mention the importance of a) story telling                 b) open-ended question Story telling: engaging pupils in telling and listening to stories helps them to develop their 	listening skills in a creative and captivating way. Open-ended questions and discussions: teacher engages the pupils in seeking answers to and 	arriving at their own conclusions.

10)highlight how the problem solving encourages the pupil’s learning. Encouraging Problem-Solving 	 Problem solving is based on the premise that pupils learn best when they discover or are involved in finding answers. It provides motivation for the learning activities to follow; To engage your learners in a new subject, try presenting the material through a problem-based lesson. These types of lessons challenge students to interpret or apply new information to solve some kind of problem.

11) How help full are visual aids (audio visual aids). Advantages of using audiovisual media and material 	Enables the teacher to extend his own and the students’ experiences by bringing into the classroom opportunities for learning that most students would not otherwise have e.g. observing exchange on a film. 	Students have experiences taken from real life. 	Enables the teacher to overcome physical difficulties in the presentation of the subject matter. 	Opens up new fields of interest to students and launches them into a great variety of learning activities. 	Students who miss work or those who need additional work in a given area of study can be asked to work with specially selected programmed instructional material or audio tapes to remedy their weaknesses.