The function of educationis to teach one to thinkintensively and to thinkcritically.

Intelligence + Character :this is the goal of trueeducation.

Martin Luther King

A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.

Positive expectations Enthusiasm Effective classroom management / Organization Ability to design lessons and activities Rapport with students

To set noble example as role model.

To be receptive to new ideas from young minds, even if they appear silly at times.

To be realistic in goals and objectives and expectations.

To adjust teaching strategies that go with the classroom situations and conditions.

To make use of proper educational technology and upgrade the same upon new arrivals.

To involve willingly and intensely in professional meetings, seminars, workshops and exchanges.

To understand students myth about teaching in the classroom.

To explore modern and innovative methods of teaching-learning process.

To understand the psychic side of the students.

To impart value education integrated with regular instruction.

To develop meaningful teacher-made instructional material.

“Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.”

– Albert Camus

More important than the curriculum is the question of the method of teaching & the spirit in which the teaching is given.

---Bertrand Russell

“A teacher who loves

learning earns the right

and the ability to help

others learn.”― Ruth Beechick

If a child can’t learn the way we teach, we should teach the way they learn.

A.V. aids are multisensory materials.

Produced, distributed and used as planned components of educational programs.  

Helps the process of learning that is motivation, classification and stimulation.

Makes dynamic learning experience more concrete realistic and clarity.

  According to Carter .V. Good:  Audio visual aids are those aids which help

in completing the triangular process of learning that is motivation, classification and stimulation.

 According to Edger Dale:  Audio visual aids are those devices by the

use of which communication of ideas between persons and groups in various teaching and training situations is helped. These are also termed as multi sensory materials.

Should function as an integral part of the educational program.

Should be carefully located to eliminate duplication, easy accessibility and convenient use

Should be available whenever and wherever they needed for effective utilization as an integral part of curriculum.

Periodic evaluation to be done to assess the function of, utilization and expenditure of the program.

Ø  Meaningful and purposefulØ  Motivates the learnersØ  Accurate in every aspectØ  Simple and cheapØ  ImprovisedØ  Large in sizeØ  Up-to-date

1) To retain more concept permanently.

2) Students can learn better when they are motivated properly through different teaching aids.

3) Develop the proper image when the students see, hear taste and smell properly.

4) Create the environment of interest for the students.

5) Helps the teacher to get sometime and make learning permanent.

6) Provide direct experience to the students.

Edger Dale’s Cone of Experience

Reinforce what you are saying, Ensure that your point is understood, Signal what is important/essential, Enable students to visualise or experience something that

is impractical to see or do in real life, Engage students’ other senses in the learning process, Facilitate different learning styles.

An analysis of the use of teaching aids and the implications for teaching and learning mathematics in Qwaqwa phase one schools (South Africa). Maduna, Mamokhele Julia

Effects of AV aids in students’ Learning at Secondary levels in : Rawalpindi : Murtaza, Ali; Ud Din, Muhammad Naseer; Khan, Faridullah.

The use of audio-visual aids in intermediate stage schools for girls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia : Jamal AI-Sharhan

-Berkeley Compedium of suggestions for Teaching with Excellence

-CELT- Collective Essays on Learning & Teaching

-CETL- Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning

-LIFTS- Little Ideas for Teaching

-MERLOT – Multimedia Education Resource for Learning &Online Teaching

-NEXT- Narrative Supporting Excellent Teaching

No matter how bad anidea seems to be, nomistake is worse thangiving up.If your first idea is

bad, tryanother and another

andanother until it works………..