teaching methods
Ways educators instruct
Teaching methods are the strategies and techniques educators use to convey information and facilitate learning.
These range from traditional approaches like lectures and direct instruction to more interactive ones: discussion-based learning, hands-on activities, collaborative projects.
Different methods suit different subjects and learners: The professor varied her teaching methods to keep students engaged.
Pedagogical research continually evaluates which methods produce better outcomes.
- visual learningComprehension through images
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- constructivismActive knowledge-building theory
- behaviorismPsychology studying observable conduct
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
cooperative learning · discussion · group work · formative assessment · pop quiz · classroom management · online learning platforms · Montessori method · auditory learning · gamification · curriculum · collaborative learning · Socratic method · chalkboard · demonstration · hands-on learning · learning by doing · interactive
- Historical Educationgrammar schools, schooling, literacy, schoolmasters, tutors
- medieval educationliberal arts, trivium, scriptorium, copying, Benedictines
- educationeducation, school, schools, teachers, students
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, first grade teacher, reading skills, teacher
- teachinglesson plans, instructing, educating, courses, course load
- Education & Cultureschools, curriculum, teachers, students, literacy
teaching methodsself-directed learning
Education you control yourself
autodidacticism · unschooling · deschooling · informal education · trial and error
teaching methodsassessment methods
Means of measuring performance
subject matter · learning strategies · educational content · study skills · course material