Differences between teaching methods and principles

PROGRESS OF THE LEARNER DEPENDS ON:-

a)            Student’s appreciation or awareness of the nature of the studies or activities involved.

b)            The complexity of the knowledge of skill required.

c)            The quality of the success with which he will satisfy.

d)            Student’s natural aptitude.

Disadvantages:-

a)            The use of such a learning process tends to be slow.

b)            Time consuming.

C) RATIONAL LEARNING: - It is a logical process and with the carefully planned programme will give maximum efficiency and implementation to any training scheme.

It involves “Full” understanding of new knowledge or skill or basic principle of new information. It is the most efficient learning process.

Advantages: - Has maximum transmitted knowledge to a new situation. Knowledge gained is retained much longer by the student. Big saving of time.

Disadvantages: - Make maximum demand for skill, information and knowledge on the part of the instructor and also on the reasoning power of the students.

FEATURE: Instructors must constantly motivate the student to use the learning process.

He should:-

1.            Arouse interest and make important to each student personally.

2.            Arrange for the student to have experience of a large number of examples.

3.            Arrange for essential to be mixed up with the nonessential to give smooth balance.