Reflection Paper Seven.

                                                                                                         Wednesday 21st March 2012


In today's class we learnt the opposite of inductive teaching strategy that is Deductive Teaching Strategy.
It is the strategy that leads the students from unknown to known, abstract to concrete and complex to simple.
It is the strategy  in which generalizations are presented initially followed by application. Which means it's much more simple compared to inductive teaching strategy.

We even came across the Purpose of Deductive Teaching Strategy.
 *It's a teacher centered approach where students are taken as a blank slates.
*Creates dependency in students limiting their thinking ability.
*Helps students with learning dis ability to enhance their learning.

Phases of Deductive Teaching Strategy:
*The teacher illustrates with examples.
*Presentation of abstraction.
*Students give examples of concept and apply them in new situations.
*students restate the concept or definition that they have learned.

Advantages:
*Less time consuming.
*Different from rote learning.
*Logical inter linking of the elements is encouraged.
*Involves all levels of questions.


Dis advantages:
*Students are not actively involved in the beginning of the lesson.
*It may not be challenging for the brighter students.

Role of the Teachers:
*Teacher needs to plan.
*Teacher dictates information to students.
*Provides guidance as scaffolding.

These all are the things that we have discussed in the Deductive Teaching Strategy.


Thank You...