Pragmatic method of teaching agrees to actively involve the learner in his own learning participation of which groupwork and dramatisation are methods which allow the learners to take a great role as far as the teaching and learning is conducted.
Groupwork methods is the dividing of the class into smaller and more manageable units to tackle given task.According to Gwarinda(1993)groupwork is dividing of class into small groups with a group leader.
There are two major types of grouping which are ability where the learners are grouped according to their fast ,medium or slow levels of learning either general or performance in specific subjects. And mixed grouping where the slow ,average and fast learners are represented in each group. Of which Farrant(1988) redefines grouping as homogeneous and heterogeneous which made up of same level of ability and different levels of learning capabilities respectively.
The groups are organised to allow pupils to talk and discuss without much interference of the teacher . The teacher is only to move around monitoring progress and guide pupils as they are discussing. The problems they gather should be of their local environment and their past experiences.
Importance of groupwork are numerous which includes:
♦promotion of interaction among pupils,equal participation and encourages talking.
♦improvement in communication skills.
♦teacher transfers responsibility of learning to actual learners which is good civic training.
♦good control management for the teacher and ability to pick out learners' problems ,needs and progresses.
♦it's much easier to capture learners' attention in their smaller groups and quickly gives feedback for teacher's evaluation.
However the groupwork has weaknesses as it encourages elitism in favour of the medium and fast learners, thus creating social stigmatisation for example dull,dunderheads ,gullibles which consequently cause the feelings of either egoism or inferiority among pupils.
Dramatisation is a presentation of a story by way of acting and speech.. Drama is an act of writing a script to be played for the purpose of learning through acting out its activities and gestures. Hence the drama should be didantic ,that's give a lesson and develop the impact.
There are so many types of dramas which range from dramatic play by little children and requires no prompting from adults ,for instances a boy or girl going zooming saying I am an aeroplane.The impropt drama is when you can hear a story and act using your own words and actions.The scripted dramatisation where an author wrote a story to be acted accordingly. Miming is an action without words, but with much emphasis on body movement ,gestures and acting.These are some of the major categories of dramatisation.
Dramatisation found to have benefits as much as teaching and learning environment is concerned. The advantages comprised the following:
•development of communication skills, as pupils learn to express their emotions in morally accepted ways and deepens their understanding of themselves and others better so that they accept them with their uniqueness.
•active participation promoted by learning through playing is the great source of motivation.
•learners stimulated to think creatively ,provocation of their imagination ,widen their horizons and develop the ability to predict ,evaluate and propose alternatives.
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