Training guide
3. Developing as a learner-centred teacher
The nine teaching approaches that you covered in the last three courses are:
Classroom management
- Using questioning to promote thinking
- Using pair work
- Using the local community/environment as a resource
The inclusive classroom
- Using group work in your classroom
- Storytelling, songs, games and role-play
- Involving all learners
Assessment for learning
- Monitoring and giving feedback
- Eliciting prior knowledge
- Assessing learning
By using and combining these approaches as part of your teaching you become more thoughtful and reflective practitioners. In the next one or two TGMs you will be supported in exploring classroom resources that will provide you with ideas for planning lessons which actively involve learners.
These resources are free. They are available on the internet (www.tessafrica.net) and can be downloaded to a computer, tablet or phone for use offline, for no cost.
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TESSA is a network of teachers and teacher educators, working towards improving learning and teaching in sub-Saharan Africa. As part of TESSA, there is a set of free and adaptable resources, linked to the primary syllabus and secondary science, which provide activities and case studies for teachers to try in the classroom. You can use them to get ideas for classroom activities which link to the teaching approaches. |
TESSA resources in use in Chisamba