AFTER DEMONSTRATION 1. Return all items used during demonstration to their storage places.
2. Make arrangements to have the trainees practice the skill as soon as possible in a practical class
session.
3. Observe and analyse trainee(s) performance and correct mistakes.
4. Offer reinforcement where necessary.
5. Coach weak or slow trainees.
6. Check trainee‘s completed work for accurate performance There are different types of teaching
methods which can be categorized into three broad types. These are teacher-centered methods,
learner-centered methods, content-focused methods and interactive/participative methods.
(a) INSTRUCTOR/TEACHER CENTRED METHODS Here the teacher casts himself/herself in the role of being a master of the subject matter. The
teacher is looked upon by the learners as an expert or an authority. Learners on the other hand are
presumed to be passive and copious recipients of knowledge from the teacher. Examples of such
methods are expository or lecture methods - which require little or no involvement of learners in
the teaching process. It is also for this lack of involvement of the learners in what they are taught
that such methods are called ―closed-ended‖.
(b) LEARNER-CENTRED METHODS In learner-centered methods, the teacher/instructor is both a teacher and a learner at the same time.
In the words of Lawrence Stenhouse, the teacher plays a dual role as a learner as well ―so that in
his classroom extends rather than constricts his intellectual horizons‖. The teacher also learns new
things everyday which he/she didn‘t know in the process of teaching. The teacher ―becomes a
resource rather than an authority‖. Examples of learner-centered methods are discussion method,
discovery or inquiry based approach and the Hill‘s model of learning through discussion (LTD).
(c) CONTENT-FOCUSED METHODS In this category of methods, both the teacher and the learners have to fit into the content that is
taught. Generally, this means the information and skills to be taught are regarded as sacrosanct or
very important. A lot of emphasis is laid on the clarity and careful analyses of content. Both the
teacher and the learners cannot alter or become critical of anything to do with the content. An
example of a method which subordinates the interests of the teacher and learners to the content is
the programmed learning approach.