Lecture Method ..The Fave of Pakistani Teachers

Lecture Method

As one of the most primitive forms of teaching, this approach dictates a one-way channel of information and knowledge from teacher to learner. The learner does not participate actively rather just noting down the lecture and listening passively.

CHARACTERISTICS

In this method, the teacher is active and students are passive.
The teacher presents the content while the students listen.
The teacher disseminates the knowledge and the learners receive it.
There is no or less interaction between students and teachers.
This is the most common method for higher grade levels—university students.
If a student has any questions, they are asked and answered by the instructor at the end of the lesson.
It is a teacher-centered approach.
This method allows the teacher to give a lot of information in a short amount of time.

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PROCESS

STAGE 1: The teacher plans the lesson before going into the classroom. She plans every minute of the lecture and also anticipates what kind of questions the students might ask at the end. She also notes down the learning objectives and outcomes.
STAGE 2: She comes into the classroom and implements the plan. With the learning objectives in mind, she delivers her lecture to the students. At the end, she answers their questions.
STAGE 3: At the end, the teacher can take a formative assessment by taking a short pop quiz to test what the students understood and what needs to be repeated in the next class.
The cycle repeats.

CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS

Lecture method is one of the oldest teaching methods that is still common today. Although it does not encourage the learner and students typically forget the lesson after listening to it, it is cost-effective and more topics can be covered in a short amount of time. The best suggestion would be combine another method with this one so to reap benefits and diminish the disadvantages of both methods.