Today's blog is going to be on the different styles of teaching. My main thought when I first started reading the different styles of teaching was on how it completely depends on who is being taught.
In a classroom setting, I believe it would be impossible for one style to be effective on all students, and therefore the teacher must determine the "most" effective and go with it. On the other hand there are some teachers that just teach the style that they are most comfortable with. In my opinion this is fine, but obviously not in the best interest of the students.
I think the best way would be to somehow implement many different kinds of teaching into the classroom. For example, one day the teacher would have a lecture and get all of the information out to the students and then the following class they would use a discovery method like small-group discussions. This would allow the students to break into small groups and talk about the information with other students.
In the end, I believe it is also on the student, to want to learn. If they have no desire to learn then no amount or style of teaching in the world will allow them to do so. And on the other foot, the teacher has to want the students to learn and not just be there to lecture through material and give out tests.
I have to agree with you, that mixing up the format of the classroom "lecture" is a great idea. Especially in our TSTM major, having small group discussions is certainly doable, as we all generally know one another in combination with a whole group discussion. While topics may not always be the most interesting, it is, like you said, to the student.
ReplyDeleteDo you think in a larger classroom environment (such as a large 300+ lecture hall) a professor could make small group discussion a possibility?