The education method I chose is direct instruction. Direct instruction is a teaching model developed by Siegfried Engelmann and Wesley C. Becker. The first using this model is in the middle of 1960 to help disadvantaged elementary school students. This way is like a computer process. The educator should set everything to include academic knowledge, language, tons, etc. before teaching. It likes a computer program, you type all cod to a computer and you probably get an expected result, then you run the cod and get the true result. Even if there is a deviation between the result and the expected result, the two will not be far apart.
Direct instruction is a teacher-led educational method that maximizes the effective time for learners to learn. Under this teaching model, educators better focus on academic activities. Teachers use this method to educate learners, mistakes need to be corrected, and correct should be strengthened. The specific way is to teach the educator what the learner follows. Although this method restrains the learner’s personality, imagination, and autonomy to a certain extent, the same teaching mode is very intuitive and efficient. The teaching effect immediately appears, and educators can get immediate educational feedback. In our topic, I think direct instruction is very effective because we want more people to understand COVID-19 and how to avoid infection with this virus. In this case, there is no need for autonomy and creativity. All the learners need is academic knowledge of viruses to let them understand what COVID-19 is and how to prevent it. Immediately after learning, you can use precautionary techniques. Such a situation can make full use of the advantages of direct instruction. I set 4 steps to help the educator to learn COVID-19.
STEP 1: RESEARCH BACKGROUND ABOUT COVID-19
Learners can research before educators teach them COVID-19. It makes learners have a first impression of COVID-19.
STEP 2: SHOW COVID-19
Educators can use PPT to show learners some ideas or data about COVID-19 such as prevalence rate, mortality rate, and the number of patients. And also, let them know the damage to humanity and the economy. Tell them why we need to prevent the virus.
STEP 3: FEEDBACK AND CORRECTIVES
Educator will get some feedback after showing. Using this feedback to assess each learner’s situation. Helping them to correct some bias and misconceptions.
STEP 4: REVIEW
Educators can set up a test to see how learners work after step 3. Learners can also deep impression of the virus after getting a test. To help learners to understand what is COVID-19 and how to prevent this disease.
REFERENCE:
Klahr, D., & Nigam, M. (2004). The Equivalence of Learning Paths in Early Science Instruction: Effects of Direct Instruction and Discovery Learning. Psychological Science, 15(10), 661-667. Retrieved July 2, 2020, from www.jstor.org/stable/40064024
Hi, Wade
I agree the direct instruction is a good way to use teaching knowledge about COVID-19. As a student, we should do our best to protect ourself and others. We need to know the protection knowledge as soon as possible, to avoid viruses infecting us. The direct instruction will help us to learn the necessary knowledge and protect the people around you in the shortest time and the most effective way.
yeah, that’s what I think.thx
At first, I was shocked to see that the teaching method advocated by your blog is direct instruction. I think that direct instruction has some pressure on learners. But when I saw that your subject was about COVID-19, I was no longer surprised. The teaching method you choose can be expressed most vividly on this topic, which makes me very pleasantly surprised and surprised.
Hello Wade !
First of all, thank you very much for your post. Your point of view is very novel. I’m very interested. To be honest, when I haven’t read your article completely at first, I think it’s a very difficult teaching mode to complete. I think he needs professional programming. But after reading your post, I found that you solved these problems very well. You provide steps for each step. I think this is an achievable plan.
Thank you again for your post.
-Victoria.