TLE teaching strategies

Edelyn N. de Leon

TECHNOLOGY and Livelihood Education is important as a subject, reason why teachers need to assess whether or not the students have captured the concepts of the said subject every time they deliver certain topics.

Students need to be interested in the subject, so teachers need to teach it in an interesting and inviting way. Students should be able to gain at least enough interest to listen and learn from the lessons discussed.

One approach to teaching TLE is group learning, which is the main approach to organize collaborative learning. There are many collaborative learning methods, which also can be considered as group learning methods and popularly used in classroom based environment.

Collaborative learning is often used as a synonym for cooperative learning when, in fact it is a separate strategy that encompasses a broader range of group of interactions such as developing learning communities, stimulating students and faculty discussions and encouraging electronic exchanges (Bruffee, 1993) .

This approach stresses the importance of teacher and student involvement in learning process.

A demonstration method, meanwhile, can be exercised in several ways. It provides an opportunity in learning new exploration and visual learning tasks from a different perspective.

Here, the teacher will be also a participant. He will do the work with his students for their help.

Service learning method increases motivation and retention of academic skills as specific learning goals are tied to community needs. By solving real problems and addressing real needs, students learn to apply classroom learning to real word context. It provides more authenticity and purpose for classroom learning.

Lecturing, meantime, is the most common strategy in the classroom. But there are calls to move away from the traditional lecture to interactive computer learning system that allows students access to information when and where they need it.

The use of discussion is an attempt to get away from the traditional classroom procedure of the question and answer (Q and A) and recitation style. It is used to designate group classroom activities in which teacher and students cooperatively consider certain topics or problems.

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The author is Teacher II at Masantol High School