# 17 "Methods of Teaching"

Mr. Nuñez deal about methods of teaching; it defines comprise the principles and methods used for instruction. Commonly used teaching methods may include class participation, demonstration, recitation, and memorization. Demonstrating is the process of teaching through examples or experience. Explaining is the process of teaching by giving spoken explanations of the subject that is to be learned. Lecturing is often accompanied by visual aids to help the students visualize an object or problem. The foundation of contemporary teaching methods may be said to embrace three areas: the new psychology of learning; the democratic ideal; and the broader objectives of education. The following outline, developed by Ragan, is based upon the assumption that these areas provide the fundamental sources to guide teachers in making decision with regard to teaching methods. Inductive method is simply defined as the process of arriving at a given generalization. It starts from the known to the unknown, from the specific to the general, from the particular to the universal, from simple to complex and from the concrete to the abstract. Deductive method is the reverse of the inductive procedure. Where induction starts with a study of specific cases and ends with a generalization or rule, deduction start with a generalization that is applied to specific cases. Deduction is a process of reasoning from the general to the particular.