Questioning, Collaborative and Co-Operative Learning
In the modern world, the field of education is also exposed to a lot of changes. As a result the role of the teacher in a classroom has changed to that of a facilitator. Contemporary classrooms demand novel teaching techniques other than the outdated ones like chalk-talk and lecturing. Narration, description, exposition, explanation, review, group discussion, dramatization, role-play, brainstorming, buzz session, questioning, debate, workshop, co-operative learning, symposium, seminar, collaborative learning etc are some instances for umpteen techniques we shall give a try. Here, I am trying to give a short note on some of them. My concerned topics are :- Questioning method Collaborative method Co-Operative method Questioning method "Questioning by the teacher which does not lead to asking of questions by students is unsatisfactory. If the students are thinking, really trying to solve problems of issue, they will have questions of their own." (Strayer) Questioning is on...