Integration of Practical Strategies in Teaching
Keywords:
Teaching, Practical Strategies, Active LearningAbstract
The problems of any educational system is attributable to many factors, but one factor that has borne most of the accusation is the classroom teachers. While teachers cannot do a lot about shortage of teachers and employment of unqualified and unprofessional teachers, the can do a lot about what goes on in the classroom, one of these is how they engage learners in class activities. Practical strategies are teaching-learning strategies that ensure that learners are actively involved in the instructional process. Some of the practical strategies that can be used in the learning situation are effective communication, stimulating all the senses, creating a conducive learning environment, encouraging class participation, encourage positive self-concept, make learning fun, integrate technologies and using constructivists’ strategies.
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