teaching Aids V. Teaching strategi ( created by : Lily Hayati )

Teaching Aids Vs. Teaching Strategies

Teaching aids are the physical tools used to convey information in the classroom. Teaching strategies, however, are the methods the teacher uses to instruct. For example, a graph, a globe, and a ruler are all teaching aids. Lecture, discussion, and cooperative learning are all examples of teaching strategies. Utilizing both facets of teaching present is paramount to a successful classroom, as even the best teaching aid cannot make up for poor teaching strategies.

Types

Most teaching aids are visual in nature. Blackboards and whiteboards, posters, calendars, charts, drawings, and overhead projectors are all examples of visual teaching aids. This type of aid is important because many people learn best through use of visual/special thinking. Some teaching aids are aurally-based. These aural aids include recordings of spoken broadcasts and songs. Audio-visual teaching aids include film projectors, videocassettes, DVDs, and movies on the Web. Though audio-visual aids were once seen as a method for students to teach themselves, they are now considered to be educational tools rather than a replacement for teachers.

History

The globe is the earliest-known teaching aid. Originating in ancient Greece, the globe has been used as an educational tool since as early as 150 B.C. The hornbook was another early teaching aid. Used in classrooms starting in the mid-1400's, the hornbook is a piece of paper containing the alphabet that was mounted on wood, bone, or in some cases leather. The chalkboard was patented in 1923 by Samuel Read Hall, and replaced the hornbook in classrooms around the world.

Technology-Based Aids

o    Since the dawn of the technology age, computers have proved to be the most multifaceted teaching aid available. With technology like digital video presenters, power point presentations, and educational software, teachers are now able to quickly and accurately enlarge any physical visual aid, create and edit informational slides, and can ultimately provide their students with information in a faster, more comprehensive way. Computers provide an interactive educational experience that engages learners and makes the task of preparing lesson materials less time-consuming for teachers.

Considerations

o    Though aids are crucial to successful teaching, they are not a replacement for quality teaching strategies. Instead of relying upon teaching aids to do the instruction, these tools are used as supplemental resources for educators. Many students cannot perform to their fullest potential without the use of teaching aids, but no student can produce their best work without a skilled teacher behind them. With a plethora of multimedia resources available, it is important to remember that teaching aids are meant to enrich student learning, not provide it.

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Before we  teaching we must plan what we want to do make our teaching goals or teaching objective will meet. There is a need for us to determine and plan what we must to do in in our class.The preparation is really important before we enter class because lack of preparation will make we lost our confident we teach pupils. We know in a class, we are facing many students that from different family background and different level of ability and achieviement.

That why we need to do preparation especially in choosing the right teaching aids to use. We must know and do some research what is the best teaching and suitable for our teaching. The dofferent topic need we to use different teaching. In choosing teaching aids we must make sure it is suitable with our content of knowledge. Also considering about the attractiveness of teaching use with our level of pupils in class.

For teaching pupils in primary school we must make sure the teaching is colorful,big and really interesting  because pupils in primary school more concentrate with the teaching aids that really attractive and it will make them concentrate with the lesson.

As my experience before, I saw when I teaching topic of volume of liquid in teaching Mathematics, I saw pupils really interested when you put them on group and let them interact with each other to do the task especially in measuring water level. They mostly remember when we using the thing that  they never see before and colourful thing.In this case I using water with red, blue and green colour to attract them. Also let they pour the water by themselves as it is a concrete material that suitable for the to undersatand the concept.

As a conclusion, in choosing a suitable teaching aids, you must know the level of knowledge of your student, the suitable of teaching aids relate to content and make sure teaching aids is clear and can be viewable , hear by your pupils.This is really important to meets your teaching objective.