CHAPTER 3

SELECTING EFFECTIVE TEACHING

STRATEGIES
 Need for a Repertoire of Teaching
Strategies
We are expected to have a repertoire of teaching strategies or methods
to choose from to cater to an array of multiple intelligences and learning
styles displayed by our pupils/students.

Strategies must be:

 Interactive
 Multidisciplinary
 Interdisciplinary
 Integrated
 Experiential
 Connected to students daily life
INTERACTIVE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
INTERDISCIPLINARY
INTEGRATED
EXPERIENTIAL
CONNECTED
TO

STUDENTS DAILY LIFE

 NO SINGLE BEST METHOD

Teaching strategy A may be best for the Grade IV pupils in Pag-asa

Primaiy School with Teacher A but may prove ineffective for Grade
IV pupils in Mabuhay Elementary School with Teacher B. This means
that there are a myriad of factors that have to be considered in the
choice of teaching strategy.
 Factors to Consider in the Choice
of Method
These factors are:
 the instructional objective,
 the nature of the subject matter,
 the learners,
 the teacher, and
 school policies.
the instructional objective

When our lesson is focused on the mastery of a skill like writing a paragraph we
will need a strategy different from that which we employ when we intend to teach an
appreciation lesson.

The nature of the subject matter

When subject matter is quite difficult it is necessary that we employ the

deductive method. We might end up more inefficient and ineffective when we
proceed inductively.
The learners

The leaners' level of readiness is a factor we can not ignore. That’s why educators talk about
assessing the entry knowledge and skill of our pupils/ students to determine their level of
readiness. This is exactly what we do when we give placement test (many call it diagnostic test, but
it is not really) at the beginning of our lesson to find out how we can group our pupils/students
according to entry knowledge and skills.

We group ultimately for purposes of differentiated instruction. Or in the light of Gardner’s

multiple intelligences theory, a strategy for the kinesthetically intelligent may not necessarily fit
that of the linguistically intelligent nor the logically intelligent nor the spatially intelligent students.
Other than multiple intelligences, the teaming style of every leaner is another thing to bear in mind.

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The teacher

The teacher is another factor to look into in the choice of strategy. Beginning teachers do not
feel very confident in the use of the inductive method. Even if it generates more active
participation on the part of the learners if we feel we are still grouping for our subject matter
and uncertain in its effective implementation, it is wiser on our part not to employ it.

school policies

How do school policies come in the choice of a method? Educational fieldtrips are hands-on
strategy proven tor its effectiveness for all the years. But if school policy does not allow it for one
reason or another, then let us not insist on its use