Explain lecture method of teaching
by Yuvi - February 24, 2021
Lecture method
Advantages of Lecture Method
- Gives the instructor the chance to expose students to unpublished or not readily available material.
- Allows the instructor to precisely determine the aims, content, organization, pace and direction of a presentation.
- Can be used to arouse interest in a subject.
- Can complement and clarify text material.
- Complements certain individual learning preferences. Some students depend upon the structure provided by highly teacher-centered methods.
- Facilitates large-class communication.
Disadvantages of Lecture Method
- Places students in a passive rather than an active role, which hinders learning.
- Encourages one-way communication; therefore, the lecturer must make a conscious effort to become aware of student problems and student understanding of content without verbal feedback.
- Requires a considerable amount of unguided student time outside of the classroom to enable understanding and long-term retention of content. In contrast, interactive methods (discussion, problem-solving sessions) allow the instructor to influence students when they are actively working with the material.
- Requires the instructor to have or to learn effective writing and speaking skills.
What are the demerits of lecture method of teaching?
- It provides little scope for pupil’s activity.
- It does not take into consideration the individual differences of pupils.
- It is against the principle of ‘learning by doing.’.
- It spoon feeds the students without developing their power of reasoning.
- Speed of the lecture may be too fast for learners to grasp the line of thought.
- An average student may not be able to fix up his attention to a lecture.
- A lecture may become monotonous to students after a while.
When to use lecture method
This method can be suitably used:
- For Communicating new facts or information to the students.
- For completing the courses in time.
- For reviewing and summarizing a unit.
- For expanding the unit by giving better explanation.
- For communicating such material to students which is not available in their text-book.
Method of presenting a good lecture
Following points should be given due consideration:.
- Key terms are explained in details.
- Reasonable task units are given.
- Lecture should be delivered sequentially.
- Teacher should prepare brief notes in good language before delivering the lecture.
- All out efforts are made to correlate the lecture.
- Teacher should make frequent use of verbal imagery and oral illustrations.
- Lecture should be delivered at proper speed.
- Lecture should be delivered in well modulated tone and voice.
- It should be followed by frequent inspection of student’s notes by the teacher.