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Demonstration
Demonstration
Lecture Method
Demonstration method:
To begin with, this method includes the merits of lecture method and
demonstration
method. The teacher performs the experiment in the class and goes on explaining
what
she does. It takes into account the active participation of the student and is thus not a
lopsided process like the lecture method. The students see the actual apparatus and
operations and help the teacher in demonstrating experiments and thereby they feel
interested in learning. So also this mehod follows maxims from concrete to abstract
Wherein the students observe the demonstration critically and try to draw inferences.
Thus with help of lecture cum demonstration method their power of observation
and
reasoning are also exercised. So the important principle on which this method works
is
"Truth is that works."
1. Planning and preparation: A great care be taken by the teacher while planning
and preparing his demonstration. He should keep the following points I mind
while preparing his lesson.
a.Subject matter.
b.Questions to be asked.
c.Apparatus required for the experiment
To achieve the above stated objective the teacher should thoroughly go through the
pages
of the text book, relevant to the lesson. After this he should prepare his lesson plan in
which he should essentially include the principles to be explained, a lot of
experiments to
be demonstrated and type of questions to be asked form the students. These questions
be
arranged in a systematic order to be followed in the class. Before actually
demonstrating
the experiment to a class, the experiment be rehearsed under the condition prevailing
in
the classroom. Inspite of this, some thing may go wrong at the actual lesson, so
reserve
apparatus is often useful the apparatus has to be arranged in a systematic manner on
the
demonstration table. Thus for the success of demonstration method a teacher has to
prepare himself as thoroughly as possible.
2.Introduction of the lesson: As in every subject so also in the case of science the
lesson should stat with proper motivation of the students. It is always considered
more useful to introduce the lesson in a problematic way which would make the
student's realise the importance of the topic. The usual way through which the
teacher can introduce the lesson is by telling some personal experience or incident
of a simple and interesting experiment. A good experiment carefully
demonstrated is likely to leave an everlasting impression on the mind of the
young pupils and would set the students talking about it in the school.
a)It provides no scope for "Learning by Doing" for the Students as students are only
observing the Teacher performing.
b)Since Teacher performs the experiment at his/ her own pace many students may
not be able to comprehend the concept being clarified.
c)Since this method is not child centred it makes no provision for individual
differences, all types of students including slow learners and genius have to
proceed with the same speed.
d)It fails to develop laboratory skills in the students.
e)It fails to impart training in scientific attitude. In this method students many a
times fail to observe many finer details of the apparatus used because they
observe it from a distance.