APPLYING ACTIVE TEACHING METHODS IN TEACHING (MS Man)
INTRODUCTION:
Active teaching method is an abbreviation of teaching methods from the point of view that: "Teaching must promote students' active, active and creative learning spirit". Positive teaching methods towards many different activities in learning, active learners' activities. Note that this method focuses on promoting the positivity of learners, not teachers, through active teaching techniques. However, in order to teach in an active way, teachers must make more effort than teaching in a passive way. Teachers need to have bravery, good expertise, and enthusiasm, working at full capacity in the teaching process.
CONTENT:
Talking about active teaching methods is talking about a way of teaching in which the teacher is the one who gives suggestions for a problem and discusses with students, finding the key issues as well as the problems. relate to. This method takes the students' initiative, creativity, and thinking as the foundation, and teachers and tutors are only guides and clues.
Specifically, the benefits that active teaching methods bring to students are:
- Developing cooperation and teamwork skills: Students practice this skill on a regular basis. They see the power of teamwork and the challenges that need to be overcome.
- Increase engagement: More activities mean more interaction, and the class will be lively and exciting.
- Improve critical thinking: When the student becomes the focus, the passive acquisition of knowledge is gone.
- Ability to memorize and absorb knowledge: Students remember about 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, but 90% of what they do.
- Get the most out of educational technology: In contrast to lecture halls, where often there are displays that students cannot use and audio systems that only capture the speaker's voice, many active classrooms are filled with tools and systems that capture the speaker's voice. Student-centered.
- Unleash creative thinking: Creativity is one of the hardest skills to teach using traditional methods. Active learning helps students understand that creativity grows with effort and hard work.
- Practice practical problem-solving skills: The ability to solve complex problems becomes the most important skill needed for future jobs. Students in active classrooms understand that no one has all the answers, so they must find the answers.
There are Various active teaching methods
- Methods of group teaching: This is one of the most appreciated active teaching methods today because if teachers can organize well, it will help motivate students to promote their own positivity. At the same time, develop children's ability to work in groups, responsibility, and communication ability.
- The case study method: It is also one of the most commonly used teaching methods today. With this method, the teacher will tell a true story or a story written based on real-life situations to prove a certain problem. The case study method can be done in writing, audio, or video.
- Problem-solving method: Among the new teaching methods to stimulate students' self-reliance and proactive problem-solving. With this method, teachers will introduce cognitive problems where there is a contradiction between the known and unknown, and direct students to find solutions.
- Role-playing method: If it comes to some active teaching methods that are more practice-oriented, the role-playing method is always applied by many teachers. When using the role-play method, the teacher will let the students practice and simulate some behaviors related to a certain situation. However, the demonstration is only one part, the most important thing is still the discussion of the students after the practice.
- Game method: A teaching method that teachers will organize for students to learn about a certain problem through playing games. And this method belongs to the list of new teaching methods that help increase students' excitement and interest in learning about problems.
- Project-Based Learning (Project Method): A teaching method in which students need to perform a learning task associated with practice and with a combination of theory and practice. This learning task requires learners with a high degree of self-reliance, as they have to take on all stages of planning, implementing the project, and evaluating the project's results. This method is taught in the form of groups.
CONCLUSION:
With an active teaching method, teachers will focus on teaching students how to practice and learn on their own and find the best learning method to be able to grasp new knowledge by themselves. Of course, new knowledge will be checked by the teacher and made sure it is standard knowledge. If you actively apply active teaching and learning methods, you must eliminate the thought of holding hands, reading, copying, etc. like other conventional teaching methods.