Behavioral School of Thought (Week 5)

Hello there. It's me again. You might thinking why am I posting the same school of thought as last week by seeing the title. Wait... Don't judge the book by it's cover. Last week I just talked about the introduction of behavioral school of thought. Today, I am going to talk about the teaching approaches that can be used in behavioral school of thought. So, let's begin.

1. Programmed instruction (PI) - teaching using images.



2. Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) - use computers to present PI with specific learning tasks. Help to engage students more in drill and practice.



3. Mastery Learning - students should master the knowledge using their interest.




4. Precision Teaching (PT) - learners master the facts and skills by practicing until they reach the highest level. "Practice make perfect". In this case, teachers will be the observer while students learn things themselves.



5. Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) - use of reinforcement to encourage students to perform better.




Well, that is all for today. Yes, it is simple as that. Teaching approaches in behavioral school of thought was what we were facing when we studied in our schools. It's just that we didn't realize about it and we have no idea about it. All we know was teachers teaching whatever they want in order to finish the syllabus. Actually that was absolutely wrong. They did that teaching approaches to attract the students attention as well as teach what we are interested on. Well, its never too late to realize.

Thank you for reading the post. Please leave a comment below if you find this post interesting enough to read through. Will see you in the next post next week with a new title.