Encyclopaedia of Teaching Methodology

For effective teaching to take place, a good method must be adopted by a teacher. A teacher has many options when choosing a style by which to teach. The teacher may write lesson plans of their own, borrow plans from other teachers, or search online or within books for lesson plans. When deciding what teaching method to use, a teacher needs to consider students’ background knowledge, environment, and learning goals. Teachers are aware that students learn in different ways, but almost all children will respond well to praise. Students have different ways of absorbing information and of demonstrating their knowledge. Teachers often use techniques which cater to multiple learning styles to help students retain information and strengthen understanding. A variety of strategies and methods are used to ensure that all students have equal opportunities to learn. A lesson plan may be carried out in several ways: Questioning, explaining, modeling, collaborating, and demonstrating.With growing awareness levels and higher expectation the students today demand much more of a teacher then ant time in the past. The growth of learning tools and ready availability of material, especially through the internet, makes the task of teaching a lot more complex.The Encyclopaedia of Teaching Methodology brings in a ready and compact form many of the issues connected with making an informed choice of the meaning of the different methodologies employed that leads to higher awareness of implementing and following a robust teaching system in schools and colleges.