N6 Psychology Module 3

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: N6 MODULE 3: TEACHING METHODS Downloaded from hlayiso.com

 Students will be able to:  Discuss in details the development of Matal as one of the teaching methods for pre- school children  Discuss the strategies to follow under Matal method  Describe relation between concepts and skills in the learning Units  Construct their own activities under Matal Downloaded from hlayiso.com

TEACHING METHODS PROGRAMMES Matal Early Learning Resource Unit ( ELRU) Montessori Grassroots ( SA Pre- school Approach) Downloaded from hlayiso.com

 The Matal method was developed by Dina Stachel Downloaded from hlayiso.com

 The universities of Israel discovered the major failure of maths and science Downloaded from hlayiso.com

Child-centred Child stimulation Guided in their physical and social environment Children active participation Downloaded from hlayiso.com

 Children who can:  solve their failures realistically  be flexible  accept criticism  promote creativity  sociable among others  take responsibilities for their actions Downloaded from hlayiso.com

DISPLAY GROUP WORK OUTINGS  Classroom as  Present activities in  Take them to nature corner small groups (6 different places children)  Use window sills  Group them  Children need new and corners according to your experience preference  Change display with  Allow children to  Discuss the outing time solve their own before going problems  Consider objects  Accommodate  Lets them to be free brought by children different to explore and ask perspectives questions  Explain objects  Encourage close  Take along suitable before displaying contract among equipment children and teacher Downloaded from hlayiso.com  Use big and  Display all the colourful objects objects collected

Observing the world around us UNITS Sorting Sensing and and classifying knowing Shaping and relating Downloaded from hlayiso.com

CONCEPTS SKILLS  Identity  Sensory skills  Variety and individuality  Spatial skills  Continuity and change  Measurement skills  Relationships between structure  Classification skills and action  Language skills Downloaded from hlayiso.com

CHAPTERS NAMES Chapter 1 Observing objects in our classroom and in our home Chapter 2 Observing properties – characteristics of objects Chapter 3 Observing materials Chapter 4 Observing and describing objects Chapter 5 Observing the sky and the weather Chapter 6 Observing plants and animals Downloaded from hlayiso.com

CHAPTERS NAMES Chapter 1 Me and my body Chapter 2 Seeing and knowing what we see Chapter 3 Hearing and knowing what we hear Chapter 4 Smelling and knowing what we smell Chapter 5 Tasting and knowing what we taste Chapter 6 Touching and knowing how the skin feels Chapter 7 Sensing and knowing Downloaded from hlayiso.com

Shapes of objects Solid Linear shapes shapes Lines and Planar shapes shapes Downloaded from hlayiso.com

Sets CHAPTERS Classifying Classifying according to according to two one characteristics characteristic Downloaded from hlayiso.com

 Construct your own activity for each CHAPTER under UNIT 1(Observing the world around us) CHAPTERS ACTIVITIES Chapter 1: observing objects in our classroom and in our home Chapter 2: observing properties- characteristics of objects Chapter 3: observing materials Chapter 4: observing and describing objects Chapter 5: observing the sky and the weather Downloaded from hlayiso.com Chapter 6: observing plants and animals

CHAPTERS ACTIVITIES Chapter 1  Take children out into the yard and ask them to examine the external view of the building Chapter 2  Place cards of different colours and ask them to pick the specific colour Chapter 3  Children put together the picture that is in pieces. Joins different pieces of paper Chapter 4  Ask children to name the objects that are inside the bag by feeling them Chapter 5  Take children outside to look at the sky and say what they can see Chapter 6  Take children to the zoo and ask them about different animals they have seen Downloaded from hlayiso.com

 This presentation talks about appropriate teaching methods for children from 0-6 years. We have talked about Matal method in details and seen that it has four UNITS and those units are furthermore divided into different CHAPTERS. For instance UNIT 1 has 6 CHAPTERS, UNIT 2 has 7 CHAPTERS, UNIT 3 has 5 CHAPTERS and Lastly UNIT 4 has 3 CHAPTERS  The next presentation will be on Montessori method developed by Maria Montessori Downloaded from hlayiso.com