Workshop 4 Choosing Instructional Approaches

Activities and Discussion (45 minutes)                      Homework

Identify and Compare Successful Approaches

Choose one of the four program segments — on music, theatre, visual art, or dance — and identify the teaching approaches you saw used in it. Refer to the following list of teaching approaches, and add any that you think are missing.

Brainstorming Coaching Conferencing Critiquing Debates Dialogue Discussion Field study Group work Guided practice

Inquiry Journaling Lecturing Mentoring Modeling Peer tutoring Problem-solving Questioning Role-playing

As a group, discuss these questions:

• In the segment, which approaches did the teacher use most successfully or skillfully? Which were used less successfully or skillfully?
• In reference to your own teaching: Which of the approaches you saw have you used with your own students? Which do you find to be most successful, and why? Which are most challenging, and why? What are the advantages and disadvantages to each?

Finally, take a moment and jot down a specific idea you have for incorporating a new technique or approach into your teaching. Share your idea with a colleague.

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