Teaching strategies – Individual Reflection

There is no single most appropriate teaching strategy which can be applied throughout the semester. Teaching strategy will vary with the cognitive level of the learning outcome in the course content and student’s maturity level. After going through all the four teaching strategies it is quite clear that each one of these can be mapped to a certain cognitive level.

Cognitive level varies with different learning outcomes and student’s maturity level also changes as the semester progresses. Different teaching strategies can then be mapped to Blooms taxonomy for example Direct Instruction can be mapped with Remember and Understand. This will be applicable to students in initial semester levels or while introducing a brand new numerical concept at higher levels. This is reinforced with interactive class activities, exercise sets and problem solving activities.

Blooms taxonomy at higher level of Apply, Evaluate and Create can be mapped to Collaborative Learning and Project Based Learning. Sometimes students are the best teachers to each other. They reinforce their concepts while they explain and discuss with each other. Real life projects give them an opportunity to build an in-depth understanding of the text book concept. This teaching strategy is more appropriate for mature students in higher semesters.