The document discusses definitions of teaching and effective teaching. Teaching is defined by several scholars as an interactive process aimed at influencing and changing another's behavior. Effective teaching is difficult to define as different styles can be equally effective. Principles of effective teaching include promoting student interest, concern for students, clear goals, intellectual challenge, and independence. Characteristics of an effective teacher include strong communication, cultural competence, assessment skills, technology integration, and subject matter expertise.

1. Teaching and Effective
Teaching

2. Definition of Teaching
• According to Gage, "Teaching is a form of
interpersonal influence aimed at changing
the behavior potential of another person.“
• Edmund Amidon defined it as-" Teaching is
an interactive process, primarily involving
class room talk which takes place between
teacher and pupil and occurs during certain
definable activity."

3. Cont…
• Ryans- "Teaching is concerned with
the activities which are concerned
with the guidance or direction of the
learning of others.“
• Clarke- “teaching refers to activities
that are designed and performed to
produce change in behaviour.”

4. Effective Teaching
• It is difficult to define "effective teaching" - people
with completely different styles are equally
effective.
• The one thing that we have learned in research in
higher education, is that there is no one best way of
teaching.
• Vogt (1984) related effective teaching to the ability
to provide instruction to different students of
different abilities while incorporating instructional
objectives and assessing the effective learning
mode of the students.

5. Principles of Effective Teaching
• Interest and explanation
• Concern and respect for students and students
learning
• Appropriate assessment and feedback
• Clear goals and intellectual challenge
• Independence, control and engagement
• Learning from students
• Involve students in learning from each other
• Evaluate owns’ performance

6. Characteristics of an Effective Teacher
• Use effective strategies to promote students’
motivation to learn
• Communicate well with students and parents
• Work effectively with students from culturally
diverse backgrounds
• Have good assessment skills
• Integrate technology into the curriculum
• Exhibit subject matter competence
• Implement appropriate instructional strategies

7. Cont..
• Set high goals for themselves and students and
plan for instruction
• Create developmentally appropriate
instructional materials and activities
• Manage classrooms for optimal learning
• Have a good attitude
• Care about students
• Invest time and effort
• Bring a positive attitude and enthusiasm to the
classroom

8. Maxims of Teaching
• The term ‘Maxims of Teaching’
may be defined as rules for
presenting difficult terms and
concepts to make them easy to
comprehend in classroom
teaching.

9. Features of Maxim of Teaching
• Helps in organizing teaching activities
• Makes terms and concepts easily
understandable
• Enables teacher to communicate
according to the mental level of the
students
• Helps in designing and presenting content
in an effective way

10. Types of Maxims of Teaching
• Simple to complex
• Known to unknown
• Part to whole
• Whole to part
• Concrete to abstract
• Direct to indirect
• Particular to general
• Analysis to synthesis
• Empirical to rational
• Psychological to logical