LESSON -10 DEMONSTRATIONS IN TEACHING

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                     Demonstrations is very handy. It requires no elaborative preparation and yet as effective as the other instructional materials when done properly. Guiding Principles in using a demonstration as a teaching-learning experience:

1.Establish rapport- Great the audience. Make them feel at ease by your warmth and sincerity. Stimulate their interest by making your demonstration and yourself interesting. Sustain their attention.
2.Avoid the COIK fallacy (Clear Only If Known)- It is the assumption that what is clear to the expert demonstrator is also clearly known to the person for whom the message is intended. To avoid the fallacy, it is best for the expert demonstrator to assume that his audience knows nothing or a little about what he is intending to demonstrate for him to be very thorough,clear and detailed in his demo even to a point of facing the risk of being repetitive.
3.Watch for key points- The ones @ which an error is likely to be made, the places @ which many people stumble and where the knacks & tricks of the trade are esp.important

INSIGHTS AND REACTION:

                       Field Trips connect people. People involved are students, teachers, parents, school head. Resource persons in the community are brought to the school as key information in an interview by children or as lecturers. Opening school doors to parents, officials & other members of the community are rich learning resources.
                       Although field trips are extensive but considering the intensity and the extent of concrete experiences, students and teachers were encouraged to use them. Preparation and Planning for the field trip also includes discussions and decisions on what to do before the field trip, during the field trip and after the field trip.
                       Field Trip is fun and educational. Field trips are opportunities for rich and memorable experiences which are fundamental to learning that lasts. It is not only meant for the social science subjects. It is for all other subjects as well. It can bring about a lot of realizations which may lead to changes in attitudes and insights. The field trip can nurture curiosity; build a zest for new experience, and a sense of wonder.
                      But there are also disadvantages in a field trip. One is it is costly, it involves logistics, it is extravagant with time and contains an element of uncertainty.