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Using Lecture As A Teaching Strategy

The lecture method is a teaching strategy where the teacher does all the talking while students listen passively. It focuses on cognitive objectives and presenting content systematically. Principles include students learning better through listening and the teacher imparting complete knowledge. It is used to provide overviews, motivate students, and clarify concepts, while saving time.

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Using Lecture As A Teaching Strategy

The lecture method is a teaching strategy where the teacher does all the talking while students listen passively. It focuses on cognitive objectives and presenting content systematically. Principles include students learning better through listening and the teacher imparting complete knowledge. It is used to provide overviews, motivate students, and clarify concepts, while saving time.

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Lecture method as teaching strategy

• Lecture method is most convenient and inexpensive method of teaching any subject.
• It hardly requires the use of scientific apparatus, experiment, and teaching aids except for the
black board.
• Lecture method is teacher controlled and information-centred approach in which the teacher
works as a role resource in classroom instruction.
• In this method, teacher does all the talking and the learner is a passive listener
• This creates boredom in the classrooms as the interaction between the pupil and teacher
ceases to occur.
• In the field of education, lecture method is used very frequently.
• This method is used in order to acquire knowledge and concepts.
• Lecture method mainly focuses on cognitive objectives.
• The main emphasis of this strategy is the presentation of the content.
• In this method, the teacher plans and controls the whole teaching – learning process.
• To make the lecture interesting, the teacher can make use of audio -visual aids.
Principles of lecture method
(1) A learner can learn better through listening.

(2) Through the lecture method, the teacher makes an attempt to impart perfect
and complete knowledge of the subject or the topic to students.

(3) Subject matter can be correlated with other subjects.

(4) New knowledge is given related to previous knowledge.


When to use lecture method
(1) It is used to give an overview of a large unit.

(2) This method is an effective way for motivating pupils and developing their
interest in the subject.

(3) It is used for supplementing the pupils reading and for clarifying main concepts.

(4) This method helps to save the time of learners by providing important
information in a short time period.

(5) This method is used to provide background to the topic being taught
Steps of the lecture method
(1) Preparation for the lesson: This includes salient points such as

(a) appropriate language and manner of presentation according to the nature of


learners.
(b) selection of audio-visual aids and instructional materials.
(c) planning the motivational technique
(d) anticipating certain difficulties and problems during the lecture.
(e) finding suitable solutions and alternatives to these barriers for a successful
lecture.
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(2) Introduction to the lesson:
• It should be done briefly and if it is executed poorly, it can initially kill off the enthusiasm of the learners

(3) The body of the lesson:


• The teacher should have a given cognitive framework upon which he relies to achieve a more logical
presentation.

(4) Conclusion of the lesson:


The following technique can be used to wrap up the lecture.

• (a) summarizing the major points presented.

• (b) forming generalisations

• (c) giving implications.


Advantages of lecture method
(1) It is economical with regard to time.

(2) It helps in developing the habit of concentration among the learners

(3) It helps in achieving high order cognitive objectives (analysis,synthesis. Evaluation)

(4) Lecture method presents the subject matter in a systematic way.

(5) It develops good audience habits.

(6) Through this method, new subject matter can easily be introduced.

(7) It enables linkage between with previous knowledge a the new knowledge.
Disadvantages of lecture method
(1) Since this is a teacher-centred method, it provides very little scope for learner
activity.

(2) Learners plays a passive role in this method.

(3) Individual differences are not taken into consideration.

(4) It can not be used for achieving psycho-motor objectives.

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