teaching strategies of clinical instructors of colegio san agustin - bacolod in the school year 2013 - 2014
Chapter I
Introduction
Teaching strategies is a combination of instructional methods, learning activities and methods that actively engaged students and appropriately reflect both learning goals and students developmental needs. Teaching strategies vary in different ways because as any good teacher knows, all students do not learn in the same way. In addition, it is common for a class of students to be at a variety of levels in any particular subjects. Teachers need to use different teaching methods in order to reach all students needs effectively; instances like the strategies used by the clinical instructors of Colegio San Agustin Bacolod, mostly they use visual aids like power point presentation to discuss nursing procedures effectively and explain concepts or topics through images or pictures that shows the actual setting in the clinical area.
But through the years of teaching, lecture is one of the fundamental types of teaching strategies. For many years, the lecture method was the most widely used instructional strategy in the classrooms. Nearly 80% of all classroom in the late 1970s reported using some form of the lecture method to teach students (Cashin, 1990). Although the usefulness of other teaching strategies is being widely examined today such as case method wherein they provide an opportunity for students to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-life experiences has proven to be an effective way of both disseminating and integrating knowledge. The case method is an instructional strategy that engages students in active discussion about issues and problems inherent in practical application. It can highlight fundamental dilemmas or critical issues and provide a format for role
Introduction
Teaching strategies is a combination of instructional methods, learning activities and methods that actively engaged students and appropriately reflect both learning goals and students developmental needs. Teaching strategies vary in different ways because as any good teacher knows, all students do not learn in the same way. In addition, it is common for a class of students to be at a variety of levels in any particular subjects. Teachers need to use different teaching methods in order to reach all students needs effectively; instances like the strategies used by the clinical instructors of Colegio San Agustin Bacolod, mostly they use visual aids like power point presentation to discuss nursing procedures effectively and explain concepts or topics through images or pictures that shows the actual setting in the clinical area.
But through the years of teaching, lecture is one of the fundamental types of teaching strategies. For many years, the lecture method was the most widely used instructional strategy in the classrooms. Nearly 80% of all classroom in the late 1970s reported using some form of the lecture method to teach students (Cashin, 1990). Although the usefulness of other teaching strategies is being widely examined today such as case method wherein they provide an opportunity for students to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-life experiences has proven to be an effective way of both disseminating and integrating knowledge. The case method is an instructional strategy that engages students in active discussion about issues and problems inherent in practical application. It can highlight fundamental dilemmas or critical issues and provide a format for role