seventh reflection

Deductive teaching strategy-It is more of teacher centered where principles and generalization are presented initially followed by application or testing of the principles. It basically leads the students from unknown-known, abstract-concrete or complex to simple.

Purposes:

-help students with learning disability to enhance learning.
- creates dependency in students which limits the students thinking.
-Teacher centered.
Phases:
1. Presentation of abstraction.
2. The teacher illustrates it with examples.
3. students gives examples of concepts and apply them in new situation.
4. students restates the concept of definition they have learned.

Advantages:
- less time consuming
- logical inter-linking is encouraged.
- this method involves all levels of questions.
-  most school devices can be easily taught.

Disadvantages:
- students are not actively involved in the beginning of the lesson.
- it may not be challenging for the brighter students, as it is a teacher centered approach.

Role of  Teachers:
- present principles and generalisations.
- has maximum authority.
- active speaker.
- needs to plan and prepare the detail information including materials.
- provides guidance and scaffolding.
- since it a teacher centered approach, most of the work is done by the teacher.
- should know the abstract content.