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DEMONSTRATION SKILL (what is demonstration)


DEMONSTRATION SKILL (what is demonstration)


When we go in class it is not possible the whole teaching process can not done through verbal form, for making clear sense of objects teacher need to do some activity, he/she takes the help of demonstration skill. In science, mathematics and in many more demonstration is an important part. The word demonstration means to perform a particular activity or concept in the classroom. In demonstration method, the teaching-learning process is carried in a organized and systematic way. Demonstration often occurs when students feel difficulty in grabbing knowledge and have a hard time connecting theories to actual practice or when students are capable to understand the real life uses of theories. 
For an effective demonstration during teaching following things are necessary-
  • During the time of demonstration the teacher should be very clear about what he is going to demonstrate and the object being displayed during demonstration should not be so simple and small.
  • The clear voice of teacher and a fine language which is easily understandable.
  • There should be limit demo while demonstration and should be related to student’s view points.
  • The pupils should be allowed to ask question to teachers in order to remove their problems.

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Characteristic of demonstration method

  • The demonstration should be done in a very simple and easy way.
  • In this strategy, attention is paid to all students. All the students should be focused in demonstration.
  • The objects should be very clear and pre-planned.
  • It is very systematic and organized.
  • There should be involved a few no. of students who do demonstration in order to create some interest towards topic.
What are the components of demonstration skill?

Componants of demonstration skill

  1. Relevancy with the content
  2. Pupil Participation
  3. Handling of Equipments and Materials
  4. Appropriateness of the Demonstration
  5. Visibility of the Demonstration work
  6. Emphasizing Cause-effect relationship
  7. Capability of Drawing Results

What are the steps of demonstration? There are following important steps of demonstration process.

Pre-planning 

Proper planning is required for good demonstration. Before teaching the teacher must have a proper planning for the demonstration. For this following points should be kept in mind. Teacher should be fully known about the topic, and about the preparation of subject matter.Teacher must plan everything before going to teaching.Best and special collection of material related to the demonstration.
Best practice and rehearsal of demonstration.The plan for execution should be kept in the mind of teacher.In order to ensure the success of demonstration, the teacher should prepare lesson minutely and very seriously.

Introduction of demo

First of all teacher must create an environment for the students so that they could be ready for teaching learning process. The teacher should motivate students and prepare them mentally for the demonstration.
During the introduction of the lesson the teacher must remember the following things-
  • Individual differences
  • Environment
  • Experiences
  • Previous knowledge 
  • Standard of the student
  • The social background of the child 
  • The usability of the demo which should be related to the child’s daily life
The lesson can also be started with some simple activity and an interesting experiment and some common stories too. The starting should be attention seeking of class so that the students can get the full benefits of the demonstration. Well the introduction may attract all the students for the further teaching 

Presentation 

During the presentation the teacher must keep in the mind the previous knowledge of students so that he can relate it to new learning. Presentation should be very effective an in a systematic way so that the students do not get confused. 

Demonstrating

During this step the teacher is very important because he/she is the mean hero while demonstrating in the class. Teacher should be very confident and so active that he can provide a true knowledge to student, he must remember the objectives of the teaching (demonstration).

TLM (teaching material)

The teaching aids are important while teaching in a class, therefore teacher always use some special learning material while demonstrating. Teacher use various type of learning of learning objects like charts, models, models, and some working models too.

Evaluation

In this process teacher try to know the outcomes of the teaching and the shortcomings also be known in such order that they are not repeated in the future. This last step is very important for making teaching learning process effective and then the learning rate will be high. 

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Merits of demonstration method

  • It helps a student in having a deeper understanding of the topic.
  • It helps students remain active in teaching -learning process.
  • It leads to permanent learning.
  • It accounts for the principles of reflective thinking.
  • It helps to create interest for topics among students.
  • It helps in arousing the spirit of discovery among students.
  • It imparts maximum learning to students.
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Demerits

  • Students can not benefit with direct and personal experiences as teacher carry out the demonstration.
  • It can be costly as it requires costly materials.
  • It can be a time-consuming method.
  • It is not based on learning by doing. the scientific method.
  • There is a lack of experienced teachers to carry out the demonstration.

Conclusion

This is very effective way of teaching while teaching some higher students too but it is the most suitable method for teaching the secondary classes. It takes some time to arrange a demo teaching in such case if a teacher feels that the demonstration is taking much time than he would have to take the help of students. Similarly, a small group of students can be invited to the demonstration table. By doing this student also learn how to share knowledge with other students with the help of a group instead of being in a group. This method also develops a skill of working in group Students can also demonstrate the experiment. This might help in removing objection regarding non-availability of learning by doing approach.

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