Teaching Strategies

Teaching Strategies

Introduction

I have a class of thirty year 10 students in subject area for engineering four lessons of 50 minutes duration a week. They are a mixed bunch. Students with disabilities are included as part of inclusive policy. Four students are struggling and four are succeeding well- one of these students is probably gifted. One student had an assessment for giftedness. Two students in the class are actively non-compliant, but are likeable individuals when I got them on their own. One of these students spends his time reading surfing magazines. The other is a chatty girl. She spends most of the class leaning around her chair to talk to the person behind her. This student began well, but doesn't seem to be engaging with the subject.

I believe that the teachers have always played a pivotal role in nurturing their students. That is why teachers have enjoyed a respectable position in both the Eastern and Western societies. Motivation plays an important role in motivating students to learn and understand the concepts taught in a class. To get the desired results, teachers need to continuously use strategies to motivate students, thus enticing them to get involved in classroom activities. The phenomenon of motivation can be divided in to two principles. Controlled beliefs are students' perceptions regarding the likelihood of accomplishment of desired goals. Competence beliefs are students' perception about his or her abilities to achieve an aim or a set goal. While developing curriculum, I as a teacher should consider the fact that the lesson plan should be devised in such a manner, so as to develop intrinsic and extrinsic motivation among students of a particular class (Abner, 2002).

Needs and Priorities of Student

I will make sure that the students' priorities and needs are illustrated and acted upon in this step. This phase focuses on the needs of students and focus on the things that students are open to learn. Starting with the initial assessment the teacher would go about this by conducting interviews with new applicants and assessing their subject knowledge and also discover their learning style to plan their learning journey. The teacher then decides his or her aims and records these on the students ILP (Individual learning plan). It is a fact that you can start at any point within the teaching cycle for which is agreed by the teacher with as in the case of taking over a class. In order to assess students' needs, it is important to be able to identify what would be the possible existing learning needs in the first place, in order to understand what to look for (Falk, 2006).

Application forms, enrolment forms, pre-course meetings and pre-course questionnaires regulate while recruiting the learners. Gathering information about the strength of learners, their educational, professional and cultural background, knowledge, skills and attitude they currently possess and expectations about how they will be getting benefited by the course. These pre-course communication provide the teacher an opportunity to learners in order to approach their teachers if ...