CHAPTER # 2 INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING STRATEGIES

The main focus of teaching is to bring about a desirable change in the behavior of learner. It is brought about by the teacher using teaching strategies to achieve his objectives. But traditionally, we have been using teaching methods for content presentation. In order to increase the effectiveness of the presentation, the audio-visual aids are also used.

The teaching is much more difficult task. It requires different type of methods, techniques and teaching aids. The selection of these methods and techniques depends upon the nature of task, learning objectives, learner abilities and student's entering behaviours.

The learning objectives and task analysis provide the basis for effective presentation of teaching. In order to bring desirable change in the behavior of the learner, teacher has to employ the devices: Teaching strategies, teaching tactics, teaching method and techniques. These terms have been defined in the following ways.