3. Definition Models of Teaching
Model of teaching can be defined as instructional design which describes the process of
specifying and producing particular environmental situations which cause the students to interact
in such a way that a specific change occurs in their behavior
4. What is a model?
Model Types:
Conceptual
Physical demonstrations
Mathematical and statistical
Visualization.
This page briefly describes different kinds of models and provides links to more specific
information about each of them.
5. What are Conceptual Models?
Several short examples of conceptual models are
People receive information
Process the information
Respond accordingly many times each day.
6. Why are models useful and important in Geoscience
education?
Fundamental to science,
great for interactive student-
centered environment, ideal
for a systems approach
(e.g. Earth System Science)
7. Merits of technology in education
Allow students to work at their own comfortable pace
Provides access to numerous resources instantly
Provides credibility for the teacher
Automates the boring stuff
Creates a collaborative learning approach
Put all the needed data into one location
8. Demerits of technology in education
Distracting to students
Create a dependence
Create medical issues for some students
Make curriculum planning more difficult or expensive
Cause students to use unreliable resources for learning
Cause students to lose track of time