Teaching Models
Indirect Instruction
Is a student-centered model in which teachers act as facilitators while student construct their own knowledge
Materials: brainstorm, concept maps, differents types of questions, etc.
Direct Instruction
Is a teacher-centered model in which students learn from presentations or demonstrations by the teacher.
Materials: It includes human voice, telephonic conversation, audio discs/tapes, gramophone records, Radio broadcast.
Kinesthetic Learning
Is based on the idea of multiple intelligences, requiring students to do, make, or create.
Materials: Hands-on experiences like drawing, role-play, building, and sports
Expeditionary Learning
Is a form of project-based learning in which students go on expeditions and engage in in-depth study of topics that impact their schools and communities.
Materials: Implementation of projects. It's the hands-on work and getting out into the community is the purpose of this methodology.
Conclusions: Teaching models creates teaching-learning environment in wich teachers teach more effectively, by making the teaching act more systematic and efficient. When we use differents teaching models we can create a meaningful teaching-learning atmosphere where learners become active constructors of their own knowledge.