Teaching Aids




Objectives:

By the end of this presentation:
Ø  You should be able to understand teaching aids
Ø  Should be able to know importance of teaching aids
Ø  Should be familiar with different types of teaching aids

Why use Teaching Aids?

Teaching/Instructional aids are useful to:
·         reinforce what you are saying and summarize key concepts,
·         ensure that your point is understood,
·         hint what is important/essential,
·         engage or stimulate students’ other senses in the learning process,
·         facilitate different learning styles.

A Definition of Teaching Aids
 
·         Teaching aids are materials that the classroom teacher uses to help students understand the concepts s/he introduces during his/her lesson.
·         A teaching aid is a tool used by teachers, facilitators, or tutors to help learners improve reading and other skills, illustrate or reinforce a skill, fact, or idea, and relieve anxiety, fears, or boredom, since many teaching aids are like games.

Teaching Aids:

As we all know that today's age is the age of science and technology. The teaching learning programs have also been affected by it. The process of teaching - learning depends upon the different type of equipment available in the classroom.

Need of Teaching Aids

1) Proper use of teaching aids helps to retain more concepts permanently.

2) Students can learn better when they are motivated properly through different teaching aids.

3) Teaching aids develop the proper image when the students see, hear taste and smell properly.

4) Teaching aids provide complete example for conceptual thinking.
5) The teaching aids create the environment of interest for the students.

6) Teaching aids provide direct experience to the students.
Types of Teaching Aids
There are many aids available these days. We may classify these aids as follows-

1. Visual Aids

2. Audio Aids

3. Audio - Visual Aids

Types of Teaching Aids

1). Visual Aids
 The aids which use sense of vision are called Visual aids. For example :- actual objects, models, pictures, charts, maps, chalkboard, overhead projector, slides etc. Out of these black board and chalk are the commonest ones.

2) Audio Aids
The aids that involve the sense of hearing are called Audio aids. For example: - radio, tape recorder, gramophone etc.

3) Audio - Visual Aids
The aids which involve the sense of vision as well as hearing are called Audio- Visual aids. For example: - television, projector, etc.

Importance of Teaching aids

Teaching aids play a very important role in Teaching- Learning process. Importance of Teaching aids is as follows:-

1) Motivation
Teaching aids motivate the students so that they can learn better.

2) Clarification
Through teaching aids, the teacher clarifies the subject matter more easily.

3) Discouragement of Cramming
Teaching aids can facilitate the proper understanding to the students which discourage the act of cramming.
4) Classroom Live and active
Teaching aids make the classroom live and active.

5) Avoids Dullness
Decreases lazy attitudes of students.

6) Direct Experience
Teaching aids provide direct experience to the students

Teaching   Aid   Examples

·         Chalkboard/Whiteboard
·         Flipcharts
·         Overhead Projector/Transparencies
·         Power Point slides
·         Data Projectors/Smart Board
·         Audiotapes/CDs
·         Videotapes/DVDs

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