Teaching Styles
A good instructor will adapt their teaching style to suit their students and help them adjust for other variables such as group size and length of lesson.
There are lots of different Teaching Styles that an instructor can use, this will not only allow the instructor to adapt to the students they are working with, but will also allow the instructor to teach lessons that are varied and engaging.
As you browse through the below style you will see that they are on a sliding scale of responsibility.
Command style is very instructor centred with the instructor taking most of the responsibility for learning, and at the other end of the scale Problem Solving style has the instructor giving a lot of the responsibility for learning to the individual student.
Students having responsibility for learn will create a long-lasting and rewarding sense of achievement for the students.
Command
This is an instructor-centred style of teaching. The instructor will control all variables and set parameters for the task activity.
Task-Practice
This is similar to command but slightly less instructor-centred. The instructor will still control most variables and parameters for the task.
Where this differs from command is that the student is given time away from the instructor to independently develop their skills. The student will often now choose where and when they want to continue with the task.
Self-Analysis/Check
In the self-analysis/check the learner participates in both performing the activity and checking themselves for success, according to the instructor’s criteria.
Reciprocal
The instructor pairs individuals together and assigns what the task is, how to do the task and why the task is being done. The students have slightly more control over where and when they do the task. The performance of the task, observation and feedback take place between the individuals working together.
Inclusion
In the inclusion style, all learners are included in the learning process. This is made possible by offering different choices or options to students on the level of challenge or skill required to complete the same or similar activity.
Problem Solving
This is another student-centred style of teaching. The instructor presents a problem that needs to be solved by the students. The difference from guided discovery is that in problem solving there are two or more solutions that could solve the problem.Â
