SOCSTU 2 Midterm Week 1 (September) PDF

# Midterm Week 1 September Socstu 2 ## Teaching Strategies Teaching strategies are the various methods educators use in their teaching practice and cover a wide range of techniques. ## Objectives - Identify the different teaching strategies in social studies. - Discuss the advantages and disadva...

# Midterm Week 1 September Socstu 2 ## Teaching Strategies Teaching strategies are the various methods educators use in their teaching practice and cover a wide range of techniques. ## Objectives - Identify the different teaching strategies in social studies. - Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of teaching strategies. - Draft a lesson plan using the discussed teaching strategies. ## Teaching Strategies in Teaching Social Studies - **Lecture - Discussion:** - Is the most widely used instructional strategy in all grade levels and subject areas. - Also called teacher-led discussion or classroom discussion. - It is a strategy under the direct instruction model that promotes interaction between teacher and students through explicit instruction combined with different levels of questioning. - **Use of Graphic Organizers** - **Inquiry Based Teaching Strategy** - **Case Study** - **Jigsaw** - **Panel Discussion** - **Technology Based Interactive Teaching Strategy** - **Role Play and Simulation** - **Field Studies** - **Service Learning** ### What is All About Teaching Strategies? **In the study, lecture-discussion method is the teaching method that is designed to help students understand the organized body of knowledge, i.e. the topics that relate the facts, concepts, principles, and procedures, and make the relationship between them explicit and clear.** **What Is the Importance of Discussion Method in Teaching?** Discussion is important to learning in all disciplines because it helps students process information rather than simply receive it. Leading a discussion requires skills different from lecturing. The goal of a discussion is to get students to practice thinking about the course material. **What are the advantages of lecture-discussion method?** Increases students' interests and engagement – lectures mixed with discussions can help maintain students' focus. As they discuss their answers, they get different perspectives on the topic. Good questions and answers can get students to think deeply and make connections. ### Steps in Lecture - Discussion Strategy: - **Introduction:** The teacher begins the lesson by providing a motivation activity, presenting the objectives and giving an overview of the topic. - **Presentation of the Lesson:** The teacher proceeds on the unfolding of the topic through the use of question and answer techniques and visual organizers. - **Comprehension Monitoring:** The teacher checks students' understanding through various strategies of formative assessment. - **Integration and Closure:** Students summarize the lesson by highlighting the important points, synthesizing old and new information, sharing evidence-based conclusions. ### Why Use Graphic Organizers? - **It facilitates critical and creative thinking.** - **It organizes information.** - **It shows relationships.** - **It allows self-directed learning.** - **It encourages interaction.** - **It is a form of assessment.** ### How to Use Graphic Organizers? - **Familiarize yourself with different types of graphic organizers.** - **Explain to students what graphic organizers are and why they are useful in learning.** - **Present the specific graphic organizer for a topic. Point out its subject and organizational framework.** - **Use examples to illustrate the use of some graphic organizers** - **Assign the graphic organizer as an individual, paired, or group activity.** - **Review students' work. Generate classroom discussion on the effective use of graphic organizers.** ### Types of Graphic Organizers? - **Assume and Anticipate:** This form of graphic organizer is best for formative assessment where teacher evaluate the schema of the learners. - **Position and Pattern:** This type of graphic organizer helps teachers and students see the relationship of a concept with another. - **Group and Organize:** These organizers help teachers and students understand that several ideals or parts are related to a single category. These can also show a central concept and its corresponding attributes. - **Relate and Reason:** The idea behind this type of graphic organizer revolves around the use of inductive and deductive thinking patterns. - **Compare and Contrast:** These diagrams are used to identify the similarities and differences between and among concepts. - **Identify and Imagine:** These organizers use various shapes and forms to visually represent concepts.