“THE PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING AND LEARNING” BY ADEYANJU, ‘LADE JOEL
IN EHINDERO, O. J. AND ALADEJANA, F. O. (EDITORS) ”PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF EDUCATION” ILE-IFE: PRINTED BY YOMMITTE PRINTS, 2005.
The article “The principles of Teaching and Learning” written by ‘Lade Joel Adeyanju was a chapter in the book “Principles of and Practice of Education” edited by O. J. Ehindero and F. O. Aladejana and published in 2005. By its presentation, the book was a ‘Book of Readings’ with many contributing authors writing on diverse topics all focusing on the principles and practice of education.
The “Principles of Teaching and Learning” was well presented by the author, opening with an introduction, subdivisions of the topic to improve readability and simplify concept learning, and ending with a summary, an exercise and a bibliography for further reading. Major subdivisions of the work include the following:
▪ Introduction
▪ The Teacher and Teaching
▪ Learning from the basics for survival
▪ The Basic component of Instruction
▪ Cognitive Learning
▪ Negative reinforcement
▪ Punishments
▪ Some ways of impacting Knowledge using the media
▪ Strategies applicable to different types of Learning
▪ Making your teaching better
▪ Summary
▪ Exercise and
▪ Bibliography
The Introduction threw light into what to expect in the body of the work. Learning and the role it plays in communication, culture, and day-to-day life was introduced. The main objectives of the work were enumerated as well as the expected outcome.
The article identified the teacher as a manager of the ‘mind’ whose focus is the learner, encouraging the maximization of the learner’s potentials so as to make him/her an acceptable and productive member of the society. The teacher puts up his/her best and made sacrifices to cope with learners’ individualism directing all his/her activities at meeting