Classification of Teaching methods

TEACHING METHODS

Teaching methods are classified into:

Individual methods

Group methods

Mass methods

Individual Methods: This method is followed or chosen when the number of people to be contacted are few, are conveniently located, close to the communicator and sufficient time is available for communication. In this, individual attention can be given.

Group Methods : A group may be defined as an aggregate of small number of people. This method is adopted when it is necessary to communicate with a group of people simultaneously and who are located not far off from the communicator, and reasonably good time is available for communication. Individual attention is difficult and may not be possible.

Mass Methods : This method is followed where a large and widely dispersed heterogeneous audience is to be communicated within a short time . There is no personal contact in this method.

Classification of Teaching methods

Individual

Farm and home visits.

Personal interviews.

Letters and phone calls.

Group

Demonstrations.

Group discussions.

Exhibitions.

Field trips.

Camps.

Lecture method.

Mass

Print Media

Radio

Television

Cinema

Documentary

Use of Computers

Classification of audio / visual aids Audio aids

Tape recorder

Public address system

Telephone

Visual aids (Non projected aids)

Chalkboard

Bulletin board

Pictures and photographs

Flannel graph, flash cards, flip charts

Posters

Diagram, map, chart, graph

Specimen, models

(Project aids)

Slide projector

Film strip projector

Opaque projector

Over head projector

Audio - Visual Aids (Non projected)

Folk Arts

Puppetry

Drama

(Projected)

Cinema

Documentary

Video

The teaching methods and audio/visual aids mentioned above are the formal techniques. But if we have to communicate to the illiterate mass then the informal/nonformai methods have to be used.