Effective Remedial Teaching

|Session No.: Session 3 |
|Session Title: Effective Remedial Teaching |
|Time | 1 hour |
|Session outline |Teaching vs Remedial Teaching (30 minutes) |
| |Principles and roles of remedial teaching (30 minutes) |
|Activity 1 | Teaching vs Remedial Teaching (30 minutes) |
|Procedure |Greetings |
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| |What is teaching? (slide 3) |
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| |(Course participants give the definition of teaching) |
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| |Elaborate on the lists given by participants. |
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| |Teaching : - Impart knowledge. How?...Teaching process, activities that impart knowledge and skills. |
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| |Includes activities of providing education to others. |
| |Different method for giving best knowledge to pupils. |
| |Encourage pupils to learn the subject. |
| |Interaction of teacher and pupils. |
| |Objective and target to achieve. |
| |Provide guidance and training. |
| |To teach effectively, a teacher must have confidence on the subject. |
| |Teaching encourages students to learn more and more. |
| |Can be formal as well as informal. |
| |Teaching is communication of information to students. |
| |In teaching, teacher imparts information in interesting way so that students can easily understand the |
| |information. |
| |Teaching is tool to help student to adjust himself in society and its environment. |
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| |Teaching : There is not necessarily a connection between teaching and learning. (slide 4) |
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| |Some students can and will learn in spite of bad teaching. |
| |Some students will not learn even with the best teaching. |
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| |Why? Why are these things happening? |
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| |Discuss the statements. |
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| |Share : What are the challenges you have as a teacher? (slide 5) |
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| |(Course participants give the challenges they have as teachers) |
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| |Elaborate on the lists given by participants. |
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| |Remediation : The act or process of correcting a fault or deficiency. (slide 6) |
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| |What is remedial teaching? ( participants give their definition) |
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| |Remedial teaching is not merely re-teaching. It is effective only when we can find the root cause of the |
| |problems. |
| |Each pupil is different in terms of learning ability, academic standards, classroom learning and academic |
| |performance and each has his own in learning. The aim of Remedial Teaching is to provide learning support to |
| |pupils who lag far behind their counterparts in school performance. |
| |By adapting school curricular and teaching strategies, teachers can provide learning activities and practical|
| |experiences to students according to their abilities and needs. |
| |They can also design individualized educational programmes with intensive remedial support to help pupils |
| |consolidate their basic knowledge in different subjects, master the learning methods, strengthen their |
| |confidence and enhance the effectiveness of learning. |
| |Throughout the teaching process, teachers should provide systematic training to develop pupils' generic |
| |skills, including interpersonal relationship, communication, problem-solving, self-management, self-learning,|
| |independent thinking, creativity and the use of information technology. |
| |Such training can lay the foundation for pupils' life-long learning, help them develop positive attitudes and|
| |values, as well as prepare them for future studies and career. |
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| |Remediation : To provide learning support to pupils : who lag far behind their counterparts in school |
| |performance and not able to achieve the required standards set by the Ministry. |
| |A structured, formalized and intentional programme to identify weakness.(slide 7) |
|Activity 2 | Principles and Roles (30 minutes) |
|Procedure |Teach vs Learn |
| |Principles (Slide 8) |
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| |Exercise (Slide 9) |
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| |What is the principles and roles of teaching? |
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| |What is the principles and roles of teaching? |
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| |The roles of remedial teacher : (Side 10) |
| |Identify pupils' diverse learning needs |
| |Before preparing for their lessons, remedial teachers should identify pupils' diverse learning needs as soon |
| |as possible so that they may design appropriate teaching plans to facilitate pupils' effective learning. |
| |Focus on the learning process with various learning activities |
| |Since pupils have different characteristics in learning, teachers must devise different learning activities |
| |with the same teaching objective to develop pupils' varied abilities and skills in problem solving. It is |
| |more effective for teachers to adopt a series of relevant and simple teaching activities than assigning one |
| |long teaching activity since pupils may acquire the required knowledge and skills through diversified |
| |activities. |
| |Effective delivery with clear instructions and main points |
| |Pupils with learning difficulties are less competent in understanding written language. Therefore, remedial |
| |teachers should give pupils short and clear instructions to avoid confusion. They must explain clearly the |
| |arrangement of each learning activity. If necessary, they may ask pupils to repeat the steps of activities so|
| |that every pupil may understand the instructions. |
| |Focus to enhance learning interest and motivation via participation |
| |Suffering from frequent frustrations in their work, pupils with learning difficulties may gradually lose |
| |their interest in learning. Therefore, teachers should adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of pupils. |
| |Teachers can design interesting activities coupled with reward scheme to stimulate pupils' interest. It is |
| |most important to help pupils overcome their learning difficulties so that they may gain a sense of |
| |achievement and recover their confidence and interest in learning. |
| |Show concern for the performances of individual pupils |
| |Pupils may encounter different problems in their studies; therefore, teachers should carefully observe the |
| |learning process of individual pupils in class. Whenever necessary, they should provide individualized |
| |remedial teaching before and after class, during recess or lunchtime, so that they can remove their learning |
| |obstacles as soon as possible. When marking assignments, teachers should take note of the common errors of |
| |pupils and deliver the correct concepts and knowledge to them promptly. |
| |Revise and adapt |
| |Teachers should adapt the curriculum to accommodate the learning characteristics and abilities of pupils. |
| |They should set some teaching objectives which are easy to achieve to ensure that pupils may acquire the |
| |knowledge as desired after the completion of each module. |
| |Thank you. |
| |My partner will be doing the segments on : |
| |Identifying the causes of weaker students. |
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| |Developing and implementing remedial strategies and action plans. |