METHOD OF TEACHING:

METHOD OF TEACHING:
TEACHING METHODS:
LECTURE METHOD EXHIBITION
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION
GROUP DISCUSSION COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING
SEMINAR MICROTEACHING
SYMPOSIUM PROBLEM BASED LEARNING
PANEL DISCUSSION SELF- INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE
ROLE PLAY SIMULATION
PROJECT
FIELD TRIP
WORKSHOP
GROUP DISCUSSION:
Introduction:
The term group discussion stand for the discussion
held within the group, i.e. interchange of ideas
between students and the teacher or among a
group of students.

Organizational procedure:
Teacher is the leader of this group on account of
his status, functions and responsibilities, usually
three stages and steps are there in group
discussion:
1) Planning and setting
2) Active, democratic and useful
3) Evaluating the outcome

General instruction:
1) Speak clearly, concise and not repeat yourself.
2) Speak audibly, if you don not understand, ask
them to clarify in a polite manner.
3) Have to speak in a proper tone, not be harsh.
4) If you do not speak in an intelligent manner, other
member assume that you are unintelligent.
5) If a statement has to be disagreed, do it in a
manner that is tactful.
6) Avoid using technical terms that are not
understood by the group.
7) Cultural background of individual will also play a
role, how they speak.
Advantages:
1) Active participation of students.
2) Motivates students for group activities &
cooperative task.
3) Motivates to listen but at the same time you can
speak like a leader.
4) Student develop critical thinking, analyzing,
synthesizing, evaluating, inferring, problem
solving etc.
5) It teaches student not to accept any idea blindly.
Disadvantage:
1) Group discussion may go out of track.
2) Require more space than lecture.
3) It is time consuming.
4) It is difficult to monitor the progress of many
small group.
5) When dominant members are not controlled it
can affect the other member participation.
MEANING:
1. A meeting for discussion or training.
2. Group of student meeting together to discuss topic
with teacher.
3. Group of supervised students doing research or
advanced study.

DEFINITION:
Seminar is a group of members come together to
exchange views of current problems of to share
with others their own experiences, experiments,
discoveries etc.
OBJECTIVES:
1. Opportunity to participate in methods of scientific
analysis and research procedure.
2. To promote deeper understanding.
3. Help students to develop skills in reading and
comprehension.
4. It enable students to gain experience in self
evaluation and evaluation of others.
STEPS INVOLVED IN PRESENTATION OF SEMINAR:
I. Participants preparation
II. Preparation of contents
III. Preparation of environment for presentation
IV. Presentation of seminar
V. Evaluation and grading of seminar
SEMINAR FORMAT:
For discussing about disease condition contents are:
1. Introduction
2. Definition
3. Related anatomy & physiology
4. Etiology & risk factors
5. Incidence & occurrence
6. Pathophysiology
7. Diagnostic evaluation
8. Clinical manifestation
9. Management
10. Complications
11. Summary
12. Bibliography
CRITERIA FOR GOOD SEMINAR:
1. Seminar group preferably is limited to 10 to 15
students with a maximum of 25.
2. Duration of meeting is usually 1 to 2 hours.
3. Leader of discussion is the teacher.
4. Student also function as chairman.
5. Effective use of seminar method requires a
background of knowledge.
6. Members must come prepared with material for
presentation and discussion.
ADVANTAGES:
1. Seminar helps students to increase responsibilities.
2. It helps to do thorough study on subject.
3. It helps to improve leadership qualities.
4. It is an effective method of problem solving.
5. It will help to improve curriculum.
DISADVANTAGES:
1. It is useful only for upper division students.
2. It needs preliminary planning.
3. Members must come prepared with material for
presentation and discussion.
4. Proper planning is needed to arrange seminar.
ROLE OF MEMBERS IN SEMINAR:
1) Student:
• Expected to do library work
• Collect the relevant content
• Content should be clear and well stated
• Utilize the AV Aids
• Should be well prepared before presentation
2) Teacher:
• Help student to select appropriate topic
• Guide student to select the content
• Suggest available sources of information
INTRODUCTION:
Symposium is a type of socialized technique
whereas each of participants is expected to present
a well reasoned argument or point of view with
respect to the problem being discussed.

MEANING:
Syn- together
Posis- a drinking
1. A drinking parting at which there was intellectual
conversation.
2. Any meeting or social gathering at which ideas are
freely exchanged.
DEFINITION:
Symposium is a method of group discussion in
which two or more persons under the direction of
chairman present separate speeches which gives
several aspects of one question.

MEMBERS INVOLVED IN SYMPOSIUM:

1. Chairman
2. Speaker
3. Audience
PRINCIPLES:
1. Chairman has to introduce the topic and has to
lead the meeting.
2. Discussion among symposium members is not
allowed.
3. Chairman takes charge over the topics distributed
to the speakers.
4. Speakers present the topics through speech or
paper reading.
5. To the conclusion chairman is responsible for
summarizing the topic.
ROLE OF CHAIRMAN:
1. Selection of topic.
2. Distribution of topic.
3. Guide the speaker towards goal.
4. Control over the group.
5. Summarizing and giving conclusions.

ROLE OF SPEAKER:
1. Preparation of the topics
2. Presentation of the topics
ROLE OF AUDIENCE:
1. Listens over the program.
2. Arising questions and clarifying the doubts during
the end.

TECHNIQUES:
1. Success depends largely on personnel involved.
2. Experts in various field experiences can yield more
information.
3. Good planning and organization.
4. All the members should know the objectives.
ADVANTAGES:
1. It presents on wider basis for discussion then
lecture method.
2. It has greater organization than other discussion.
3. Persons involved have different roles to play which
avoid conflicts.
4. Audience can get wide sets of knowledge from
different exposure.
5. It acts in a disciplined way of both teaching and
learning.
DISADVANTAGES:
1. No discussion among symposia members.
2. Topics should be given by chairperson.
3. Inadequate opportunity for all the students to
participate.
4. Speakers are limited to 15 to 20 min.
5. Absence of rehearsal of the program.
INTRODUCTION:
Panel disscussion is discussion in which 4 to 8
qualified personnel sit and discuss the topic in front
of large group or audience.

Panel discussion has a chairperson (moderator) and

4 to 8 speakers. The success of the panel discussion
depends upon the chairperson.

He is the one who has to keep the discussion going

and develop train of thought.
PANEL DISCUSSION TECHNIQUE:
1. One chairperson and 4-8 speakers sit in front of
large audience.
2. Chairperson opens the meeting, welcomes the
group and introduces panel speakers.
3. Topic is introduced briefly by chairperson and then
invites the panel speakers to present their view.
4. There is no specific agenda, no order of speaking &
no set of speeches.
5. Chairperson opens the discussion for audience by
inviting them to participate in discussion.
ADVANTAGES:
1. It is an extremely effective method of education, if
it is properly planned.
2. Information reaches to a large number of
audience.
3. It allows experts to present different opinions.
4. It provokes better discussion.
5. Allows experts to present different opinions.
DISADVANTAGE:
1. Experts may not be good speakers.
2. Personalities may overshadow content.
3. Subject may not be in logical order.
INTRODUCTION:
Role playing is a dramatization based on a particular
theme. It helps students to experience the situation
emotionally and to develop insight. It also
encourage thinking and creativity.
DEFINITION:
1. Role play is the spontaneous acting out of a clearly
defined situation, usually done in front of a group
with time allotted at conclusion for discussion and
used to practice real life situation.
2. Role playing is the technique where the teacher
puts student in a situation about which they want
to teach the students
PURPOSE OF ROLE PLAY:
To develop communication skills
To involve everybody to work co-operatively for a
common goal
To try new behaviors in the presence of co-learners
To experience the situation emotionally and to
develop insight
To encourage thinking and creativity
To create motivation and involvement
STEPS OF ROLE PLAY:
According to Richards (1985), the following are the
steps of role play:

1. Preliminary activity:
2. Model dialogue
3. Learning to perform the role play
4. Performing the role play
5. Follow- up
USES OF ROLE PLAY IN NURSING:
1. It helps in developing leadership quality
2. It help in problem solving
3. It helps to identify and analyze situation
4. To practice selected behavior in real life situation
5. It encourages independent thinking and action
6. It helps the nurse to understand patient problem
and solve them
ADVANTAGES:
1. It provide opportunity to practice new skills
2. It help in group problem solving
3. It help to develop sensitivity to another feeling
4. It encourages students in independent thinking
5. It promotes activity and interest in students
6. It instills confidence in the students.
DISADVANTAGES:
1. It is time consuming
2. Requires careful planning, preparation, rehearsal
3. Learners may have difficulty in their roles
4. Group members may be too shy in participating
5. Role playing should not be used when pressure of
time is present.
INTRODUCTION:
According to Sir John Dewey “ What is to be taught
should have a direct relationship with the actual
happening in life”, this central idea forms the core
basis of project method.

DEFINITION:
Stevenson (1922), “A project is a problematic act
carried to completion in its most natural setting”.
Kilpatrick (1921), “A project is a whole- hearted
purposeful activity proceeding in a social
environment”.
Ballard, H.G. (1936), “A project is a bit of real life that
has been imported into school”.
STEPS INVOLVED IN PROJECT METHOD:
1. Providing a situation
2. Choosing and purposing of the project
3. Planning of the project
4. Execution of the project
5. Evaluation of the project
6. Recording of the project
ADVANTAGES:
1. It arouses and maintains the interest of student
2. It gives the student freedom of thought and action
3. It establishes a definite, tangible, ascertainable
goal and what progress is being made and when it
is completed
4. This method allows growth through activity on the
part of the learner
5. It develop a spirit of cooperation and community
interest.
DISADVANTAGES:
• Wrong selection of topics
• Over consumption of time
• Availability and cost of materials
• When individual projects are overemphasized,
there may be overdevelopment of individualism
and under development of cooperation and group
responsibility
INTRODUCTION:
Direct experience with reality provides an excellent
opportunity for sensory learning, field trip is a first
audio- visual aid to be introduced in audio- visual
media for effective learning.

The specific advantage of field trip is that after the

trip students just say, I have seen, instead of I have
read about or I have been told.
DEFINITIONS:
Field trip is defined as an educational procedure by
which the student studies first hand objectives and
materials in the natural environment.
-(Heidgerken)

Field trip is defined as most concrete and the real

best visual techniques which bring the pupil into
direct contact with the real life situation.
-(Bhatia)
OBJECTIVES:
 To apply theory into practice
 To evaluate the result of new practice
 To enrich the classroom instruction
 To develop observational skills
 To improve social interaction among the students
 To refresh students knowledge
 To obtain baseline data
 To develop creativity skill among students
PURPOSE:
1. It helps to furnish first hand information
2. It helps to co-relate and blend school life without
side world by providing a direct touch with
community situation
3. It helps to develop keenness and observational
skills
4. Field trip provide opportunity to apply what is
taught and verify what is learned
5. Field trip provides actual source material for study
6. Field trip helps to develop aesthetic sense in
students
TYPES OF FIELD TRIPS:
1. Local school trip
2. Community trip
3. Tour or journey
4. Imaginary tour
5. Inter school visits or inter college visit
6. Individual trip
RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHER:
1. Check the presence of all students and see that no
student is missing
2. Adequate information should be given to the
students
3. Guide and supervise the students during the trip
4. Safety rules to be followed strictly throughout the
trip
5. Teacher should encourage unity, discipline among
the group
6. First aid box should be taken and kept in the
vehicle for the trip
RESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENT:
1. Each student is personally responsible to know
place of visit, vehicle used for trip, time and place
of getting on and off the vehicle
2. Student should be punctual and obey the
command or instruction of the teacher
3. Student should wear suitable dress based on place
of visit
4. Questions should be framed and kept ready
5. All luggage of the student should be labeled and
should be ready on time for departure
6. Each student should take notes whenever they are
instructed to take
ADVANTAGES:
1. Observation of active participation with reality
2. Opportunity for co-operative group work and
sharing responsibilities
3. Enable the students to develop self confidence
4. Ensure close contacts with reality
5. It increases the variability
6. It is good method for individual motivation
7. It gives relief from monotonous life of classroom
DISADVANTAGE:
1. Costly in time and transport
2. Field trip possible for limited audience only
3. Requires careful planning for its effectiveness
4. Distracters cannot be controlled
5. Advance knowledge regarding the place should be
known to teachers
6. Finding appropriate site may be difficult
7. Schedules are difficult to maintain
INTRODUCTION:

Workshop is a meeting, during which

experienced people come together with
experts and consultants to find solutions to
problems, that have cropped up in the course
of their work.

The workshop provides each participant

opportunity to improve his effectiveness as a
professional worker.
DEFINITION:
Workshop is a large number of people belonging to
a particular of discipline or allied disciplines collect
together to take up specific issues and problem for
making recommendations for future action.
Workshop is defined as assembled group of 10 to
25 who share a common interest or problem.
They meet together to improve their individual
and skill of a subject through intensive study,
research, practice and discussion.
PURPOSE:
1. It helps to improve the knowledge
2. It improves an opportunity for learning
3. It helps in evolving policies, programs and
methodologies
4. It provides more interaction and discussion from
the participants
5. It is collective thinking process to solve the
problems
6. It helps participants to express freely and
exchange ideas
WORKING METHOD OF WORKSHOP:
1. Free choice of personal objectives
2. Preliminary reading assignments
3. Clarifying sessions
4. Practical exercises
5. Group presentation
6. Next working day preview
7. Individual consultation
8. Formative evaluation
ADVANTAGES:
1. Training programme helps to reach aim of
educational point
2. It improves learning activities

DISADVANTAGE:
1. It is time consuming
2. It need constant supervision
3. It need manpower and enough material
4. It is mostly learning activity
INTRODUCTION:
Exhibition are familiar items in our environment
today. When we go round an exhibition, our
attention is often focused on a group of objects
and materials that are displayed according to a
deliberate plan.
VALUE OF EXHIBITION:
1. It is one of the effective mode of mass
communication and instruction on a large scale
2. Self activity is fostered on part of those who take
part
3. Outcome of different activities and process are
well understood
4. Team spirit is encouraged
5. Parents and visitors can have an idea of the work
done by the student
ARRANGEMENT:
1. Popular, difficult and easier type of exhibit must
be kept intermixed
2. Too many exhibit should not be kept in room
3. Exhibit must be kept in a well lighted place
4. It is better to put one single idea in an exhibit
5. Colorful and moving exhibits will attract the
attention
6. Entire campus should be clean and should present
a festive appearance
PLANNING:
1. Put only one centre idea
2. Place your exhibit where it is easily viewable
3. An exhibit is seen not read
4. Make your label short and simple
5. Labels should be uniform and legible
6. Motion attracts attention
 INTRODUCTION:
A Programme is a device to control the
student’s behavior and help them to learn
without the direct supervision of a teacher.

Instruction is the purposeful, orderly,

controlled sequencing of experiences, to
reach a specified goal.
Programmed Instruction is the presentation
of material in a step by step procedure with
knowledge of results and the possibility of
different courses through instruction.

Burrhus Frederic Skinner

(1904-1990)
DEFINITION:
Smith and Moore (1962)
Programmed instruction is the process of
arranging the material to be learned into a
series of sequential steps, usually it moves
the students from a familiar background into
a complex and new set of concepts,
principles and understanding.
Jacobs and others (1966)
Self- Instructional programmes are
educational materials from which the
students learn. These programmes can be
used with many types of students and
subject matter, either by themselves, hence
the name “self- instruction” or in
combination with other instructional
techniques.
PRINCIPLES OF PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION:
1. Principle of small steps
2. Principle of active responding
3. Principle of immediate reinforcement
4. Principle of self- pacing
5. Principle of student- testing
ADVANTAGES OF PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION:
1. Student is kept active and alert
2. Teacher gets relieved of doing ordinary jobs and
he/she can play other role
3. Social and emotional problems can be eliminated
4. Programmed instruction makes learning
interesting
5. Every student can work at his own place
6. More complex of the concept can be known.
INTRODUCTION:

Problem based learning (PBL) is the basic human

learning process that allowed primitive man to
survive in his environment.

PBL is an instructional method in which students

work in small groups to gain knowledge and
acquire problem- solving skills.
DEFINITION:

 “Problem based learning can have many different

meanings depending or the design of the
educational method employed and skills of the
lecturer” (Barrows 1986)

 “PBL is a complex mixture of a general teaching

philosophy, learning objectives and goals and
faculty attitudes and values all of which are
difficult to regulate and are often not well defined
in research reports” (Vernon & Blake 1993)
AIMS OF PBL:

‡ Problem solving
‡ Self directed learning
‡ Small group learning
‡ Critical thinking skills
‡ Integration of different parts of the curriculum
CHARACTERISTICS OF PBL:
1) Learning is driven by challenging, open- ended
problems.
2) Learning is student centered.
3) Students work in small collaborative groups.
4) New information is acquired through self- directed
learning.
ADVANTAGES:
i. It increases retrievability
ii. It promotes deep learning in students
iii. It improves presentation and feedback skill,
promoting team- working
iv. PBL helps them to learn and comprehend new
material more easily
DISADVANTAGE:
i. PBL- style courses do not perform any better in
national examinations
ii. PBL does not promote the memorization of factual
material for test
iii. Student have to develop the skill consciously