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Demonstration Strategy
Week Six
Definition
Demonstration strategy is defined as
Showing something by giving prove or evidence.
Roles of Teacher in Demonstration Strategy
- Giving Instruction: The role of teacher in demonstration strategy is to give the instruction to the students of how to do the activity planned for the class.
- Before hand preparation: The teacher should prepare before hand of what kind of activity is he/she going to demonstrate in the class.
- Handeling the equipments carefully: Especially in the lower class the teacher should guide and handle the instruments carefully
The Roles of the students in Demonstration Strategy
- Lestening to the instruction: The role of students is to listen to the teacher's instruction, and follow the activiy as per the instructions.
- Active Participation: All the students in the class should actively participate in the activity so that every child will be able to understand the topic taugh in the class clearly.
- Handle the hands on experience
- Doing by seeing :After carefully observing the tutor the students must be able to do what their teacher has demonstrated in the class.
- Asking question:One of the role of students in demonstration strategy is to ask question to the teacher.
Purposes of Demonstration Strategy
- The purposes of demonstration strategy are:
- Arouse interest in the students learning
- With the interest in students learning the points can be efficiently illustrated.
- With the use of diferent teaching strategy in the class, there will be change in the learning environment too.
- Another purpose of demonstration strategy is lack of equipments
- Time Constraint
- If there is any failur in the activity process the risk will be on teacher, so it is a risky experiment.
Principle of Demonstration Teaching
- The teacher must practice the activity before doing in the calssroom.
- Learner must have the pre knowlodge of what demonstration is done in the class.
- Appropriate demonstration, explaination and discussion are the key thing that enhance the students preformance.
Types of Demonstration Strategy
- Pure Demonstration
- Pure demontsration is one type of demonstration strategy in which the students keep watching on what teacher is doing (Observing the teacher's demonstration)
- Demonstration with commentary
- In this type of strategy the students participant is only verbally.
- Participant Demonstration
-The students actively participate as instructed by the teachers.
Procedure for Demonstrategy
- Carefully plan the demonstration
-The teacher must know what he/she is doing in his/her demonstration.
- Practise the demonstration
-Before the activity is done in the class the teacher should do it brfore doing in the class
- Develop an outline
-Teacher should have the outline of how to do the demonstration, the materials needed and the steps to follow.
- Make sure everyone see the demonstration
- Everyone in the class must see how the demonstration is going on so that all the students can understand the concepts and steps carefully.
- Introduce the demonnstrategy to focus attention
- Teache should introduce the demonstration carefully so that he/she can gain the attention of the students.
- Ask and encourage questioning
- For more clearification of the demonstration it is recomended to ask question related to the topic.
- Plan a follow up for the demonstration
- To check how much the students have understood the demonstration, the teacher must have a follow up of the demonstration.
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