PARTICIPATORY TEACHING LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR

YOUNG TEACHERSDr. A. Devaraj

HETL Liaison of IndiaDirector, Training & Placement &

Senior Faculty in English, Loyola College, Chennai 34

What is teaching?

• “A set of complex skills employed to realize a specified set of instructional objectives”

• The complexity is based on: 1. Behavior, 2. Attitude, 3. Learning, 4. Catholicity, 5. Transparency & 6. Patience

Teaching Skills

• Analytical & reasoning skill• Ability to realize & correct mistakes• Turn taking ability• Comprehension• Questioning• Knowledge dissemination• Information transfer

T.S…

• Cheerful & cooperative• Pacing the lessons• Moderation• Diagnostic skill• Remediation• Relational• Evaluation

What is Learning?

• A permanent change in behavior after undergoing a particular experience

The kinds of learning:• Single loop learning• Double loop learning• Deutero learning

What is learning?

• Knowledge acquisition:What is knowledge?To know that you knowTo know that you don’t knowTo know what you don’t know & To know that you should not know that

Wisdom

• Wise is he who learns from books• Wiser is he who learns from experience &• Wisest is he who learns from others’

experience• We should be : wise wiser wisest

Curriculum & Content

• Internationalize your curriculum• Incorporate multinational experience &

thought• Culturally inclusive• Include international issues• Kindle them to think nationally, internationally

& globally

Staff

• Have international links with your colleagues, former colleagues, etc

• Get linked to LI’s HETL• Create links with international companies &

institutions• Establish networks• Establish student, staff exchange

Students

• Encourage students to question• Allow them present their cases, projects,

papers, etc• Teach & practise ‘research skills’• Fuel their imagination & creativity

Participatory Teaching Learning Strategies

• Brain storming• G.D.• Presentation• Socratic method• Case study method• Small scale research• Survey methods• Projects & term papers

Methods

• PPTs• Role play• Turn taking• Hand outs for discussion• Quizzes• Zero hour• Mock press

Methods…

• Seminars• Term paper presentation• Brain storming• Brain writing• Panel discussion• Mock viva• Market survey

Participatory Teaching - Learning Cycle

Training the instructors

Plan

Teach

InteractFeed- back Collection

Reorganize

Teach

What are the PTL Skills?

• 1. Questioning: lead, probing, door openers, clarificatory, classificatory, etc

• 2. Kindling interest• 3. Experience sharing• 4. Encouraging innovation• 5. Turn- taking• 6. Reinforcement skills

What are the PTL Skills?

• 7. Silence• 8. Explaining & illustrating• 9. Example- giving• 10. Effective use of BB, PPT, etc• 11. Encouraging learners’ discussion• 12. Parliamentary methods/ words• 13. Cheerful & lively

Skills…

• 14. Alfred Hitchcock formula• 15. Learning to question• 16. Responding to queries• 17. Moderation • 18. Behavior modification• 19. Synthesizing & winding up• 20. Effective classroom management

Benefits of PTL

• 1. Keen observation• 2. Active Listening• 3. Positive Interaction• 4. Recall of content/ Recollection of the

process• 5. Defining the concept

Benefits…

• 6. Simulation • 7. Micro-teaching• 8. Appreciation of Teaching skills & techniques• 9. Immediate Evaluation• 10. Constructive criticism• 11. Transparency

Thanks a lot!