to enhance the teaching skills

1. BASIC PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS
Presented by
Ms Huma Ijaz
Ms Bushra Altaf

2. PEDAGOGY
• Pedagogy is the “relationship between teaching and learning”
• Pedagogy describes the teaching strategies used within the classroom
• Pedagogical process as an organization of students' cognitive and
developmental activities
• Set of teaching acts or behaviors aiming at specific objective to
facilitate students learning art.

3. WHAT AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER SHOULD DO
• Adopt a student-centered approach and teaching objectives,
appropriate teaching strategies and resources to promote class interaction
to enable students construct knowledge.
• Teaching should stimulate thinking, develop students’ potential and
foster their learning ability.
• Teachers should extend student learning through providing life-wide
learning opportunities.
• The knowledge about the skills help the teacher trainee to identify their
strengths and weakness which will make them to be an expert in the
profession

5. Skill of Reinforcement
• The talent to appreciate the learner as they need social approval for
their behaviour .
• Appreciation for correct answer will make them more eager to
respond with correct answers.
• It will help them to increase their participation.

7. Skill of Reinforcement
Both verbal and non-verbal cues can be used .
• Excellent, carry on, go ahead, well done ,good, right, fine etc are the
verbal expressions .
• Smiling, patting , friendly look etc are examples of non-verbal
reinforcement.
• Repeating and rephrasing the pupil’s answers.
• Using Extra verbal cues like
um um , aha etc.

8. Skill of Reinforcement
• Writing the answers that are given by students on the white board.
• At the same time avoid negative reinforcements like staring,
frowning.
• Praise the students for their contribution and practice.
• Inappropriate use of reinforcement should be avoided.

9. Skill of Illustrating with examples
• Examples always should be specifically relating to concept
• It may be concrete , every day or first –hand experiences.
• It always gives the advantage of economy time and increase the pace
of explanation.

10. Skill of Explanation
• Teacher should be confident about the concept
• Its important to research about the same
• Keep eye contact with the students
• Should be simple ,clear , and logical
• Enhance with the use of visual aids
• Pace and pauses
• Personal experiences may bring an explanation alive .
• Skill of using instructional aids

12. Audio model aids
• Images/Picture cards/Flash
Cards
• Charts
• models
• Puzzle Cards
• Demonstration objects
Audio visual aids
• Presentation slides
• Television
• Films

13. Skills related with Evaluation
Practice of Teaching is not complete without some form of evaluation.
1. Recognizing and assessing students
2. Objective specific evaluation
3. Diagnosing problems
4. Providing remedial measures
5. Encouraging self evaluation.

14. ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
• Discipline
• Classroom Management
• Clear Planning
• Observation
• Student Engagement
• Strong Communication
• Subject Expertise
• Time Management

15. DISCIPLINE SKILLS
• A vital component of effective classroom management.
• Your discipline ensures that positive behaviour is encouraged inside
classrooms.
• The most important discipline skills includes
i. being respectful,
ii. responding to students,
iii. reciprocating their interest.
• A teacher should be skilled in setting an effective routine with the
right amount of flexibility.

16. Classroom Management Skills

17. OBSERVATION SKILLS
• It is the prime responsibility of teachers to have a thorough
understanding about the cognitive, emotional and social
development of students.
• Since a classroom is filled with students coming from different
parental backgrounds, it makes sense to a teacher to be aware of the
learning capabilities of different students. A class can be a mix of slow
learners and intelligent students.
• This is a challenge that teachers face day in and day out when they
need to adopt specific teaching patterns so that no student is left
behind.

18. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT SKILLS
• Day in and day out, every teacher handles a bunch of students with
different mentalities towards learning.
• While some students demonstrate a keen interest in learning, others
are distracted at the smallest provocation.
• Hence for you to be called an effective
teacher, you should develop student
engagement skills so that you can
motivate your students.

19. STRONG COMMUNICATION SKILLS
• An effective teacher is also expected to communicate with the
parents of their wards.
• When you begin to constantly interact with parents, you will be able
to bridge the gap between what is happening in school to what is
expected from a particular student.

20. CONCLUSION
• Utilize a variety of teaching strategies, activities,
and assignments that will accommodate the
needs of students with diverse learning styles,
abilities, backgrounds, and experiences.
• Students are more likely to experience success
in your course through activities that support
their learning styles, abilities and backgrounds.