Method,strategies, and techniques used by student teachers in teaching science

Abstract

The study described the methods, strategies and techniques used by the student teachers in teaching Science. It focused on the materials, innovative methods, strategies and techniques and the patterns of Science teaching used by the student teachers as described in their plans. The quantitative and qualitative methods were used in the study. The books, teacher hand-outs and classroom lectures were the sources of methods, strategies and techniques. The chalkboard and self-made drawing were often used materials. Conventional method like lecture, discussion and demonstration were commonly employed. The strategies included group discussion and use of motivating questions and stories to arouse interest of students.Direct-eye contact, body expressions, jokes and news/trivia were frequent techniques. Values integration in the lesson becomes less as the year level increases. The pattern of teaching drawn followed the formal style: I. Objectives, II. Subject matter; III. Learning Tasks, IV. Synthesis of the lesson, V. Assessment and VI. Enrichment. It is then advised that students in the college of teacher education should try other teaching methods which can develop higher order thinking skills among pupils.