What is teaching? What is Quality teaching? What should be the characteristics of a good

teacher? What skills should a teacher possess?

TOPIC: 10 TEACHING SKILLS PRESENTED BY:

IQBAL AMIN KHAN(Ph. D)Lecturer inDepartment of Education

Teaching is a process of imparting knowledge, motivating and guiding the students to learn through their own activities, their emotions and developing their powers and capacities so that they are able to make effective adjustments to their environment and are better prepare for successful social participation.

The quality of education is directly related to the quality of instruction in the classroom. The teacher is considered the most crucial factor in implementing all educational reforms at the grassroots level. It is a fact that the academic qualifications, knowledge of the subject matter, competence and skills of teaching and the commitment of the teacher have effective impact on the teaching-learning process. Many factors are responsible for shaping the quality of teacher education in the country.

Teaching is a dynamic and well planned process. Its objective is acquiring maximum learning experiences. In order to achieve this great objective various instructional techniques based on psychological research are used. These instructional techniques play a vital role in teaching learning process.

There are total 103 teaching skills have been identified necessary for an effective teacher. Some of them are; planning, set induction, presentation, questioning, encouraging the students to question, exemplification, communication, methodology, judging the students problems and end or summing up the lesson.

Objectives vs Contents If you need to teach for 40 minutes you need

40x5=200 minutes for planning. Gathering the sources. Outline from A to Z. Possible bottle necks. Expected questions. Time budget vs contents. Method of attack (methodology, procedure of

teaching). Achievements of objectives. Evaluation of success through feedback (what will

be the procedure).

How to start. Learning readiness. Motivation. Known to unknown. Easy to difficult. Rapport. Questions. Activities by students / teacher. Incidents, stories, events. Experimentation. Localization.

Clear concepts. Sequential organization. Exemplification. Linkages. Student’s participation. Activities. Knowledge and understanding. Logical positivism.

Float the question over the heads of all participants.

Give time to think. Give option for answering (volunteer). Correct the answer if wrong. Be polite.

Inquiry approach Controversies. Brainstorming. Probing. Appreciating the questions.

Subject oriented. Environment oriented. Problem solver. Relevance. Valid examples.

Pitch of the voice. Pauses. Linkages. Reference to context. Level of students. Fatigue and boredom (Avoid). Non-verbal communication. Humour Pronunciation.

Lecture method Lecture Demonstration method. Discovery method. Laboratory method. Practical's. Activities. Computers. Discussion, quizcussion. Inductive method. Deductive method. Mastery learning. Peer teaching. Participatory learning. Inquiry approach. Problem solving. Seminars, Workshops

Level of students. IQ of students. Talented, Normal, slow learners,

distributed students. Knowing individual differences,

difficulties etc. and helping them out. Making the difficult concepts

understandable for all. Guidance and counseling in

problematic situations.

Summary in two minutes in the form of massage of presentation.

Students usually remember it for longer time.

This may be in the form of one or two main points.

Evaluate your teaching by one or two simple questions of the lesson.

Application should be the focal point of end message

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