Reflection no.6

After we were done with the inductive teaching strategy we moved on to deductive teaching strategy whereby I learned that deductive teaching  means we present all the rules and the general concept followed by application of the particular principles basically leading the students from unknown to known, abstract to concrete and complex to simple.

Purpose of deductive teaching strategy:

1. Students are taken as blank slates which means it is a teacher centered.
2.  This strategy limits the thinking ability of the students because it is a teacher centered, which will develop dependency in the students.
3. This strategy is basically used to help students with learning disability to enhance their learning.

Phases of deductive teaching strategy:

1. Presentation of abstraction.
2. The teacher illustrates it with examples.
3. Students give examples of concept andapply them in new situations.
4. Students restate the concept or definition that they have learned.

Advantages of deductive teaching strategy:

1. Less time consuming.
2. It is different from rote learning as it is a strategy where logical interlinking of the elements is encouraged.
3. Most of the school materials /curriculum can be easily taught through deductive strategy.
4. This method involves all levels of questions.

 Disadvantages of deductive teaching strategy:

1. Students are not actively involved in the beginning of the lesson.
2. Since it is a teacher centered approach, it may not be challenging for the brighter students.

Role of teachers:

1. Teachers need to plan and prepare the detail information including materials.
2. Since it is teacher centered approach, most of the work is done by the teachers.
3. Provides guidance and scaffolding.