Integrated teaching methods involve strategies that directly or indirectly influence students, such as telling, showing, and providing access to information. The advantages of integrated teaching include grouping students according to learning needs, providing experience-based learning opportunities, and allowing students to use prior experiences to construct new learning. However, some disadvantages are that some students may lose interest, not all may understand the lessons, and not all may accept the teaching strategies used.
2. Integrated Teaching Methods.
Teachers have the responsibility to deliver information to their students.
There are many ways in which this can be done. Choosing the best
suitable manner such as using integrated teaching methods to deliver the
information to the students is crucial. According to Moore (2012)
integrated teaching method involves “strategies that influence students
directly, indirectly or by a combination of these. Thus the teacher may
deliver instruction by telling, showing and providing access to the
information to be learned.”
3. ADVANTAGES OF INTEGRATED TEACHING METHOD.
1. Children are grouped together according to their learning needs or
cooperative learning.
2. Effective integrated programs provide opportunities for experience based
learning.
3. Students are able to use their prior experiences to construct learning.
4. Cross cultural sharing among students can occur.
5. Students can think critically and to derive with their own patterns of
thought and meaning from the content presented.
6. Students learn to construct their own understanding, meaning, reasoning
and problem solving skills.
4. DISADVANTAGES OF INTEGRATED TEACHING METHOD.
1. Some students may lose interest in the lesson.
2. Not all students may understand what is being taught.
3. The strategies used may not be accepted by all students.
