Social science

1. SUBMITTED BY,
ANJITHA RAJAN
SOCIAL SCIENCE
1ST SEMESTER
SUBMITTED TO,
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SCIENCE
MTTC PATHANAPURAM

2. INTRODUCTION
An instructional aid is any device that assists
an instructor in the student's learning process.
They may be sight or sound devices, or a
combination of both.
 Instructors use them to improve
communication between themselves and their
students,
 But the aids do not substitute for instruction;
they are used to support, supplement or
reinforce teaching.

3. Instructional aids are used in the classroom to
encourage learning
 And thereby make it easier and interesting.
The materials like charts, maps, models, concrete
objects, film strips, projector, radio, television etc.
Which helps a teacher for effective teaching may
be called instructional aid.

4. DEFINITION
An instructional aid is any device that assists
an instructor in the student's learning process.
They may be sight or sound devices, or a
combination of both.

5. IMPORTANCE AND VALUES OF
INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS
Improve and make teaching effective
Enable the audience to look, listen and learn
Make learning interesting and profitable
Add variety and newness to the lesson,
provide victories experience
Develop the knowledge

6. CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD
INSTRUCTIONAL AID
They should be meaningful and purposeful
Simple
Cost effective and cheap
Easily portable
Large enough to be seen by everyone
They should be accurate in every aspect
They should be up to date
They should motivate learners
Adapted to the intellectual maturity of the
students

7. LEARNING AIDS
 Every teacher wants the teaching-learning process to be
effective. Whatever the teaches should be listened carefully,
understood clearly, learnt properly leaving an everlasting
impression on the mind of the student.
 One of the outstanding developments in the educational
technology in recent years is the increased use of teaching
aids in teaching learning process.
 An excellent way to enhance your educational atmosphere
is with teaching aids. The possibilities for teaching aids are
unlimited. Using your imagination and thinking outside the
box are keys to discovering new and unique teaching aids
for your classroom.

8. CLASSIFICATION OF LEARNING AIDS
• PROJECTED AIDS
• NON PROJECTED AIDS
• ACTIVITY AIDS

9. PROJECTED AIDS
 projected aids are visual instructional
devices
 which are shown with a projector are
called projected aids.
 Examples: slides, filmstrip, silent films,
cartoons, etc. projected through an
opaque projector (epidiascope), or an over
head projector.
 It helps the process of learning that is motivated, classification and
stimulation.
 It makes dynamic learning experience more concrete realistic and
clarity.
 It provides significant gains in thinking and reasoning.

10. Projected
aids
1.Overhead
projector
2.Slide projector
3.Film projector
4.LCD projector
5.Television

11. NON PROJECTED AIDS
• Non projected Aids are Visual instructional devices
which are simply presented without any projection
equipment are non projected aids.
• Example: blackboard, chart, etc.
•Non projected aids are classified in
to
1. Graphic
2. Display boards
3. Three dimensional aids

12. 1. Graphic aids
•Graph
•Diagram
•Pictures
•Charts
2. Display Board
•Black Board
•Bulletin Board
3. Three Dimensional aids
•Model
•Specimen
•Display items
•Text Book

13. ACTIVITY AIDS
• There are certain learning situations in which
student participation through direct
experiences can be easily incorporated, these
are called activity aids
• Activity aids induce direct participation of
students and teachers to get first hand
knowledge

14. TYPES OF ACTIVITY AIDS
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