Interactive Teaching Approach
Assumptions On Which Interactive Teaching Approach Is Based
Children already hold ideas about a topic which a teacher intends to introduce
When they are trying to understand a topic children will draw on their ideas about the topic. Such ideas can influence their
learning
Science education help children make better sense of the world
Assumptions On Which Interactive Teaching Approach Is Based Assumptions On Which Interactive Teaching Approach Is Based
Children construct more complete effective and useful ideas through
interaction, investigation, reading and asking experts
intellectual processes such as questioning and investigating are important for
children to develop better sense of the world
Encorage children to question freely
Purposes of The Approach
To identify children ideas and questions
To provide stimulating experience to raise questions
To help children develop, clarify, modify
and extend their ideas through experiment or discussion
To encouraged children to reflect critically
Purposes of The Approach
To assist children to ask better question, plan and carry out investigations and
communicate ideas
To enable the children to explain why things behave the way they do
To convey to children that their genuine ideas are valued
Key Components/Phases
1. Preparation
2. Exploration
3. Children Questions
4. Specific Investigations
5. Reflections
Preparation
Study and understand the interactive teaching approach
Study background to the topic
Identify the possible resouces such as suitable apparatus, books, web sites, experts etc.
Exploration
Clarifying the topic by showing some example etc.
Exploratory activities
- provide a rich experiences
- some activities that confront their ideas - teacher asking questions
Children Questions
Encorage children to ask questions
The questions can be recorded on the board, chard paper or note paper
Only genuine questions are sought
Encorage children to ask questions that can be investigated
Ask children to clarify unclear questions
Selecting questions for investigations
Specific Investigations
Planning and conducting investigations
- think of some means to find an answer to a question
- Work out a fair test of a proposed answer - Teacher ask questions /interact to help
them reflect on what they are doing
Seeking the view of experts
Reflection
Reporting using various experimental techniqus such as table, graph etc.
Evaluating
- children discuss how valuable the invetiagation
- Do their concepts change? Why?
Roles of The Teacher
Facilitator of learning
Resource person
Naïve fellow investigator
Challenger of ideas
