1. Learning and Teaching Strategy
Direction Instruction

2. Teaching as Decision Making
When planning a lesson, teacher must identify:
Content and processes to be addressed
The strengths, needs and interests of students
Most effective instructional approaches

3. Effective Teaching
“Effective teaching is not a set of generic practices, but instead is a set of context-driven decisions about teaching.”
“Effective teachers do not use the same set of practices for every lesson … Instead what effective teachers do is constantly reflect aboutt heir work, observe whether students are learning or not, then adjust their practices accordingly.”

4. Conceptual Base
Instruction
Goals of Education
Curriculum

5. Instructional Skills Instructional Methods Instructional Strategies
Direct Interactive
Experiential
Instructional Methods
Lecture
Case Studies
Debate
Cooperative Learning
Enquiry
Group Discussion
Role Play
Instructional
Skills
Planning
Presenting
Questioning
Demonstrating

6. Instructional Strategy
Strategies determine the approaches a teacher may take to achieve learning objectives
Direct
Interactive
Experiential
Independent

7. Instructional Methods I
Direction Instructions
Lectures
Explanation and Demonstrations
Guest Speakers
Guided Readings
Didactic Questions
Structured Overview

8. Strengths Conveys large amounts of information
Provides detailed information on concepts
Involves step-by-step instruction for skill acquisition
Teacher decides what will be taught: highly teacher directed
Easier to plan and use

9. Fitness for purpose Time Physical Environment Class size Cost
Content knowledge
Learning materials
Teaching style / teacher background
Learning style / student background

10. Key to success If the presenter is: Then direction instruction can :
Knowledgeable, perceptive, engaging and motivation
Then direction instruction can :
Stimulate reflection
Challenge the imagination
Enhance curiosity
Develop a sense of inquiry

11. Limitations Emphasizes Listening Student: passive
Requires an attentive audience
Get little feedback from students
Difficult to develop higher-order thinking

12. Appropriateness Fundamental Theory / Rules
Historical Events (Timeline)
Biographies of Religious Figures
Large amount of information
(Table form)
Declaration
Law and Ordinance

13. Suggested topic Theory of Conduct Development of Buddhism in India
Lecture: The definition of the Act-Utilitarianism and Rule-Utilitarianism
Development of Buddhism in India
Guest speaker
History between the Two Testaments
Lecture + Reading materials

14. Thank You