FIVE EFFECTIVE

CLASSROOM
TEACHING METHODS
Integrative Methods in Teaching Social Studies

Dawn Kiera Arellano

BSED III- Social Studies
1. Authority or Lecture Style

The authority model is teacher

centered and frequently entails
lengthy lecture sessions or one-
way presentations. Students are
expected to take notes or absorb
information.
 PROS CONS
This style is acceptable for It's a questionable model for
certain higher-education teaching children because
disciplines and auditorium there is little or no
settings with large groups of interaction with the teacher.
students. The pure lecture Plus it can get a little snooze
style is most suitable for y. That's why it's a better
Subjects like history, which approach for older, more
Recessitate memorization of mature students.
key facts, dates, names, etc.
2. Demonstrator or Coach
Style
The demonstrator retains the formal
authority role by showing students
what they need to know. The
demonstrator is a lot like the
lecturer, but their lessons include
multimedia presentations, activities,
and demonstrations.
 PROS CONS
This style gives teachers Although it's well-suited
opportunities to for teaching
incorporate a variety of mathematics, music,
formats including physical education, or
lectures and multimedia arts and crafts, it is
presentations. difficult to accommodate
students' individual needs
in larger classrooms.
3. Facilitator or Activity Style

Facilitators promote self-learning

and help students develop
critical thinking skills and retain
knowledge that leads to self-
actualization.
 PROS CONS
This style trains students Challenges teacher to
to ask questions and interact with students and
helps develop skills to prompt them toward
find answers and discovery rather than
solutions through lecturing facts and testing
exploration; it is ideal for knowledge through
teaching science and memorization. So it's a bit
similar subjects. harder to measure success
in tangible terms.
4. Delegator or Group Style

The delegator style is best suited for

curricula that require lab activities,
such as chemistry and biology, or
subjects that warrant peer feedback,
like debate and creative writing.
 PROS CONS
Guided discovery and Considered a modern style of
inquiry-based learning teaching, it is sometimes
criticized as eroding teacher
place the teacher in an authority. As a delegator, the
observer role that teacher acts more as a
inspires students by consultant rather than the
working in tandem traditional authority figure
toward common goals.
5. Hybrid or Blended Style

It follows an integrated approach to

teaching that blends the teacher's
personality and interests with
students' needs and curriculum
appropriate methods.
 PROS CONS
Inclusive. It enables Hybrid style runs the risk of
teachers to tailor their trying to be too many things to
styles to student needs and all students, prompting
appropriate subject matter. teachers to spread themselves
too thin and dilute learning.
 What do you need to know about your teaching
style?
Although it is not the teacher's job to entertain students, it is
vital to engage them in the learning process. Selecting a style
that addresses the needs of diverse students at different
learning levels begins with a personal inventory-a self-
evaluation of the teacher's strengths and weaknesses. As they
develop their teaching styles and integrate them with effective
classroom management skills, teachers will learn what works
best for their personalities and curriculum.
 Emergence of the Teaching Style Inventory
The late Anthony F. Grasha, a noted professor psychology at the
University of Cincinnati, is credited with developing the classic
five teaching styles. Ape follower of psychiatrist Carl Jung, Grasha
began studying the dynamics of the relationship between teachers
and learning in college classrooms. His groundbreaking book,
Teaching with Style, was written both as a guide for teachers and
as a tool to help colleagues, administrators and students
systematically evaluate an instructor's effectiveness in the
classroom.
Grasha understood that schools must use a consistent,
formal approach in evaluating a teacher's classroom
performance. He recognized that any system designed
to help teachers improve their instructional skills
requires a simple classification system. He developed
a teaching style inventory that has since been adopted
and modified by followers.
 EXPERT FORMAL AUTHORITY
Similar to a coach, experts, Authorative teachers
share knowledge, incorporate the traditional
demonstrate their expertise, lecture format and share many
advise students, and provide of the same characteristics as
feedback to improve experts, but with less student
understanding and promote interaction.
learning.
 PERSONAL MODEL FACILITATOR
Incorporates blended Designs participatory learning
teaching styles that match the activities and manages
best techniques with the classroom projects while
appropriate learning providing information and
scenarios and students in an offering feedback to facilitate
adaptive format. critical thinking.
 DELEGATOR
Organizes group learning, observes students,
provides consultation, and promotes interaction
between groups and among individuals to achieve
learning objectives.
 Conclusions
Although he developed specific teaching styles,
Grasha warned against boxing teachers into a
single category. Instead, he advocated that
teachers play multiple roles in the classroom. He
believed most teachers possess some combination
of all or most of the classic teaching styles.
How does differentiated instruction affect teaching styles?
Carol Ann Tomlinson, a professor at the University of
Virginia, is an early advocate of differentiated instruction
and a pioneer in the development of learning-based
teaching styles. If Grasha laid the groundwork for 20th-
century teachers to adopt styles tailored to match their
personalities and strengths, Tomlinson has advanced this
theme into the 21st century by focusing on differentiated
instruction.
In the simplest terms, differentiated instruction means
keeping all students in mind when developing lesson
plans and workbook exercises, lectures, and
interactive learning. These student focused
differences necessitate instructional styles that
embrace diverse classrooms for students at all
learning levels and from various backgrounds without
compromising the teacher's strengths.
 Every student can learn. Not
just on the same day or the same
way.
-George Evans
Whether you're a first-year teacher eager to put into practice
all of the pedagogical techniques you learned in college, or
a classroom veteran examining differentiated instruction
and new learning methodologies, consider that not all
students respond well to one particular style. Although
teaching styles have been categorized into five groups,
today's ideal teaching style is not an either/or proposition
but more of a hybrid approach that blends the best of
everything a teacher has to offer.
 The traditional advice that teachers not overreach
with a cluster of all-encompassing teaching styles
might seem to conflict with today's emphasis on
student-centered classrooms. Theoretically, the more
teachers emphasize student-centric learning, the
harder it is to develop a well-focused style based on
their personal attributes, strengths, and goals.
 In short, modern methods of teaching require
different types of teachers-from the
analyst/organizer to the negotiator/consultant.
Here are some other factors to consider as
teachers determine the best teaching method for
their students.
 Empty vessel:
Critics of the "sage on the stage" lecture style point to
the "empty vessel" theory, which assumes a student's
mind is essentially empty and needs to be filled by
the "expert" teacher. Critics of this traditional
approach to teaching insist this teaching style is
outmoded and needs to be updated for the diverse
21st-century classroom.
 Active vs. passive:
Proponents of the traditional lecture approach believe
that an overemphasis on group-oriented participatory
teaching styles, like facilitator and delegator, favor
gifted and competitive students over passive children
with varied learning abilities, thereby exacerbating
the challenges of meeting the needs of all learners
 Knowledge vs. information:
Knowledge implies a complete understanding, or full
comprehension, of a particular subject. A blend of teaching
styles that incorporate facilitator, delegator, demonstrator,
and lecturer techniques helps the broadest range of students
acquire in-depth knowledge and mastery of a given subject.
This stands in contrast to passive learning, which typically
entails memorizing facts, or information, with the short-
term objective of scoring well on tests.
 Interactive classrooms:
Laptops and tablets, video conferencing, and podcasts in
classrooms play a vital role in today's teaching styles. With
technology in mind, it is imperative that teachers assess
their students' knowledge while they are learning. The
alternative is to wait for test results, only to discover
knowledge gaps that should have been detected during the
active learning phase.
 Constructivist teaching methods:
Contemporary teaching styles tend to be group-focused and
inquiry-driven. Constructivist teaching methods embrace
subsets of alternative teaching styles, including modeling,
coaching, and test preparation through rubrics scaffolding.
All of these are designed to promote student participation
and necessitate hybrid a approach to teaching.
One criticism of the constructivist approach is that it caters to
extroverted, group oriented students, who tend to dominate and
benefit from these teaching methods more than introverts;
however, this assumes introverts aren't learning by observing.

Student-centric learning does not have to come at the expense of an

instructor's preferred teaching method. However, differentiated
instruction demands that teachers finesse their style to
accommodate the diverse needs of 21st-century
The 'sage on the stage' meets the 'tiger mom'

The objective of blending teaching styles to leverage

the teacher's strengths while meeting the demands of
diverse students has become increasingly difficult, as
parents take a decidedly proactive role in child-
learning techniques.
The traditional authoritative/expert, or "sage on the
stage" lecture style, has come under attack by some
parents and contemporary educational leaders-who
emphasize that a more diverse approach to teaching is
necessary to engage students.. This is compounded by
the rise of "tiger moms," a term made popular by
parents devoted to improving the quality of education
with laser-precision focus on A-list schools and a
highly competitive job market
 Age of the proactive parent

Regardless of what style a teacher adopts, it's

important for teachers to develop positive
attitudes, set goals, and establish high
expectations for students.
Assume students can excel!" education authors Harry and
Rosemary Wong declare. As former teachers with a
combined 80-plus years of educational experience, the
Wongs emphasize in their best-selling book, The First Days
of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher and their more
recent, The Classroom Management Book that successful
teachers share three common characteristics: (1)effective
classroom management skills (2) lesson mastery (3)
positive expectations
 All instructors, when developing their
teaching styles, should keep in mind these
three goals, as well as the primary objective
of education: student learning.
 How does classroom diversity influence
teachers?

It is abundantly clear that today's teachers are

responsible for students with a diverse range of learning
abilities. The 21st-century teacher does not have the
luxury of "picking the low hanging fruit" and then
leaving the rest of the tree for experts who specialize in
children with behavioral issues or learning disorders.
 Today's teachers must develop instructional styles
that work well in diverse classrooms. Effective
teaching methods engage gifted students, as well as
slow-learning children and those with attention
deficit tendencies. This is where differentiated
instruction and a balanced mix of teaching styles
can help reach all students in a given classroom-not
just the few who respond well to one particular
style of teaching.
The wonderment of teaching, what author/educator
Dr. Harry Wong refers to as "that a-ha moment"
when a child "gets it," is one of the most rewarding
and seemingly elusive benefits of becoming a
teacher. This transfer of knowledge from expert to
student is an art form and a skill. Fortunately, both
can be learned and perfected.
 Knowing how to engage students begins with
selecting the teaching style that's right for you. And
remember, even though you may prefer one
teaching style over another, you must find the style
that works best for your students! Try different
styles to meet different objectives, and always
challenge yourself to find ways to reach each
student.
THANK YOU!