EDU301 : General Methods of Teaching

Course Overview

Course Synopsis

The course aims to equip future teachers with various teaching methods to enhance the effectiveness of the teaching and learning process. It emphasizes different instructional aspects to assist teachers in successfully implementing diverse teaching strategies.

Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course the students will be able to

  • Explain the basic concepts used in teaching.
  • Demostrate the essential attributes of an effective teacher.
  • Describe the importance and different types of teacher planning.
  • Practice different teaching approaches in the classroom.


Course Calendar

1 Concept of Teaching
2 Teaching as a Profession
3 Key Context of Schooling

4 Teachers’ Responsibility and their Level of Functioning
5 Promoting deeper understanding
6 Instructional Decision Making

7 Types of Knowledge
8 Educational equity
9 Planning for instruction
Assignment 1

10 Learning Taxonomies
11 Affective and psychomotor domain
12 Performance objectives

13 Levels and Limitations of Planning
14 Overall Considerations For Instructional Planning
15 Unit planning

16 Lesson planning
Quiz 1
17 Lesson plan format
18 Content Forms & Sequencing

19 Presentation Modes
20 Information Processing Theory & Graphic Organizers
21 Models of lesson organization
Quiz 2

22 Multi-Methodology as an instructional process
Mid Term
23 Concept of child
24 Early years education

25 Big ideas and Generative concepts
26 Essential Questions in Adolscent Teaching
27 Big ideas and essential Questions

28 Integrated themes
29 Inquiry Teaching and Higher Level Thinking
30 Inquiry Processes and Constructivism

31 Guided Inductive Inquiry
32 Models & Considerations in Guided Inductive Inquiry
33 Scientific Method
GDB

34 Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
35 Cooperative Learning
36 Cooperative Learning Strategies

37 Organizing Cooperative Learning
38 Project Learning
39 Discussion Method

40 Direct Instruction
41 Discovery Learning Vs Presentation
42 Motivation for Learning

43 Teaching Models for Motivation
Quiz 3
44 Teaching Tools
45 Effective Teaching
Final Term Exam