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Teacher Education

Notes On analyzing the meanings and the ensuing discussion the following characteristics of
demonstration stand out.
• It involves teaching by doing;
• makes it easier to learn concepts, principles, complex techniques and skill-intellectual as
well as psychomotor;
• lays foundation for independent practice by the student; and
• involves considerable preparation on the part of the teacher before presentation.
(ii) Common Defects: The common defects from which demonstrations suffer are the following:
(i) The teacher may not attend to the seating arrangement of the students and the location of
the worktable. As a result of this neglect, sometimes some shldents may not be able to see
the demonstration and hear the teacher.
(ii) Before giving demonstration, the teacher does not go for adequate rehearsal. This may ,
result in clumsy and sub-standard performance.
(iii) The objectives of demonstration may not be stated properly at the beginning. 'Zhis
diminishes the effectiveness of the demonstration.
(iv) During demonstration, participation of the students may not have been sought. This
mulls in loss of attention on the part of the students which in tum causes poor learning.
(v) The teacher may not recapitulate holistically improtant activities of the demonstration.
Negligence of this aspect leads D loss of an opportunity to strengthen cognitive structure
of the students.
(vi) The teacher may not evaluate achievement of the students at the end of demonstration.
Consequently, heishe will be unable to get feedback regarding effectiveness of the
demonstration. This in turn constrains himher from effecting improvements in
demonstration.
(iii) Measures to Improve Demonstration: The following measures are being suggested for
effecting improvement in giving demonstration.
• You should properly arrange all the materials to be used during demonstration on the
table, in the order in which they will be used, so that they can be picked up easily when
needed. Such a practice brings to the notice of the students the efficiency of the preparations.
• You should make proper seating arrangements of the class and the location of the
demonstration table in such a manner that everyone is able to see the demonstration and
hear you clearly.
• You should at the beginning of the demonstration state the objectives to be achieved. This
is recommended because it secures interest and attention of the students in the
demonstration. Moreover, the practice makes both the teacher and the students responsible
/ accountable for achieving the objectives.
• Demonstration should be given in such a way that it is neither too fast nor too slow. In
other words, it should be given at a reasonable pace, considering the learning capabilities
of the students.
• You should utilize s h o ~tim e intervals during demonstration for providing useful
information or answering questions.
• You should draw the attention of the students to the critical features of the demonstration.
For example, while demonstrating to the students how a map of India should be drawn,
you may point out that India's southern coast line is indented and that the coast line is
always outlined in black. It will be better if you state what is going to be done before
performing the action. This will help you in securing the attention of thc students to the
particular step in the demonstration.
• Lastly, the main points of demonstration should be recapitulated or highlighted at the
end of demonstrdtion.

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