Teaching Styles

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Teaching Styles

A teacher will use many different styles when teaching a performer.

The style of teaching a teacher uses depends on the

circumstances, for example, the pupil's age, ability the complexity of

the skill to be taught and the surrounding environment e.g. gym,

sports field or mountains. More complex skills in dangerous

environments (like navigating in the mountains) need a more controlled

style of teaching than simple skills in safe environments like

throwing a ball in a gym). I am going to compare 3 sports (throwing,

tennis and football) and 3 different teaching styles (Command,

reciprocal and guided discovery) and how useful each one is in the 3

sports. Mosston and Ashworth made (in 1986), a spectrum of teaching

styles based on 10 different styles they observed teachers using. It

works by comparing the amount of input the teacher has compared to the

input of the pupils. For example at A the teacher is inputting all the

decisions and the pupils have no say in them.

Command style (A-B): "In the Command style, the teacher is in total

control. the pupils do what the teacher tells them to and they are

given no freedom to make decisions for themselves." F Galligan et al.

This style of teaching is where the teacher gives the pupils an

activity they must do in a particular way, e.g. (football) dribble a

football through some cones. It works best with larger groups of

beginners because the teacher is in control. It's the best way to

teach a new skill in a part by part method. It doesn't allow much time

for individual feedback or assistance. It can get boring for pupils

that learn faster because they have no input.

Reciprocal style (C): "Reciprocal style allows the learner slightly

more freedom. The teacher is still setting the tasks, but the learner

is more involved.

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