29 October 2010

Suitability of Methods of instruction in Education

There are various methods suitable for teaching , learning involving the total learner.Chinoda(1995) defines method as a way used repeatedly by the teacher to present a specific information to pupils. In support of this Curzon (1976)speculates that teaching is a process that involves implementing stratergies that are designed to lead learners to the attainment of certain goals.
Curzon(1976) also insists that the strategies involve motivation of pupils ,leadership communication and control .Attractive learning materials maybe brought in when giving children background information of what to study or discover .This might be the other motivating factor that can play during and after pupils will be given some leadership opportunitiesas well as communication skills needed for learning of the whole child.Pritchard (1977)states that pupils obtain first hand experience of a particular environment through practical work designed to stimulate curiosity and interest .Children are best taught using methods that give them time to visualise things.Primary school children are operating at an operational stage ,where they strictly need to manipulate and visualize ,observs and learnt subjects.
Byrne (1976) says that visual aids help visual learners who find reading difficult .Pupils at primary school need to discover things by look at them and discuss them. It means the methods used in juniour schools should involve taking pupils to the real nature to observe real things.
Bruner in Sund and Arthur (1980)asserts that a juniour is not a bench bound listener ,but should be actively involved in the learning process. Piaget quoted also by Sund and Arthur ,argues that there is no learning without the use of concrete objects of the environment to young children.These supports a teaching method which sees pupils at operational stage as exposed to real life situations in this way pupils will not find it difficulty to grasp concepts.
Advantages :Although it has proved that some authors support the use of media with the use of the local environment .Others have cited both advantages and disadvantages of the methods.
According to Edwards and Fisher (1977) teaching with media helps to acquire the needed concept much easier and faster .It is very true because the teacher will not have problems in explaining since media will be on the other hand helping to explain ideas .This also promotes pupils to ask questions.
Disadvantages:According to Farrant (1980:375) imported equipment has not been designed for topical conditions and it may be difficult to get spares in the event of breakdown some of these media used in schools .That is the major problem in schools of low income families who are not even capable of buying expensive quality media.
From these findings again it is deduced that use of media is found to be one of the most effective methods of enhancing teaching and learning at juniour level.In other words it realised that some of the learners facing challenges as far as using media is concerned.The assumption is that instrutions are not clear to the children or children did not get enough time to use media. Pupils participate well if they are taught using media and the use of two or more senses in learning can bring about good results in the field of education, since pupils think critically because they are given activities and media to use. Language should be suitable for the level of the learners.

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