This document outlines various teaching skills that are important for professional teachers to develop. It discusses 13 core teaching skills identified by Dr. Passi, including writing instructional objectives, introducing lessons, questioning techniques, explaining concepts, and illustrating with examples. Additional skills covered include using instructional aids like visual charts and models, providing reinforcement, achieving lesson closure, maintaining classroom organization, and evaluating student learning. Developing proficiency in these diverse skills through practice can help teachers become experts in their profession.

1. TEACHING SKILLS
PRESENTED BY:
HONEY BABU ,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN EDUCATION.

2. • Teaching is the art of blending Knowledge ,art ,
science and creativity .
• It constitutes a number of verbal and non-
verbal acts.
• The set of related behaviours or teaching acts
aiming at specific objectives and performed
with an intention to facilitate pupil’s learning
can be called a teaching skill.
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3. • A professional teacher should identify what all
are the skills needed and should practice to
master those skills.
• Professionals will always have some skills
which are present in them ,which they have
acquired through special training and practice.
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4. • Dr. Passi (1976) has described the following 13
skills as follows :-
1. Writing instructional objectives
2. Introducing a lesson
3. Fluency in questioning
4. Probing questions
5. Explaining
6. Illustrating with examples
7. Stimulus variation
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5. 8. Silence and non-verbal cues
9. Reinforcement
10.Increasing pupil participation
11.Using black board
12.Achieving closure
13.Recognizing attending behaviour.
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6. • Although all skills are important and need
practice, according to the convenience a
student teacher can practice only a few
selected skills during micro- teaching phase.
• The knowledge about the skills help the
teacher trainee to identify their strengths and
weakness which will make them to be an
expert in the profession.
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7. Teaching skills
Instructional skills Organizational skills
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8. Skill of Reinforcement
• The talent to appreciate the learner as they
need social approval for their behaviour .
• Appreciation for correct answer will make
them more eager to respond with correct
answers.
• It will help them to increase their
participation.
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9. Pupil’s response Pupil’s response
Reinforcement No Reinforcement
Positive Behaviour modification Passive classroom
And interactive classroom.
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10. Skill of Reinforcement
• Both verbal and non-verbal cues can be used .
• Excellent, carry on, go ahead well, done ,good,
right, fine etc are the verbal expressions .
• Smiling, patting , friendly look etc are examples of
non-verbal reinforcement.
• Repeating and rephrasing the pupil’s answers.
• Using Extra verbal cues like um um , aha etc. to
make them continue .
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11. Skill of Reinforcement
• Writing the answers that are given by students
on the Black board.
• At the same time avoid negative
reinforcements like staring, frowning.
• Praise the students for their contribution and
practice.
• Inappropriate use of reinforcement should be
avoided.
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12. Skill of Illustrating with examples
• Examples always should be specifically relating
to concept
• It may be concrete , every day or first –hand
experiences.
• It always gives the advantage of economy time
and increase the pace of explanation.
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13. Skill of Illustrating with examples
• It may be positive or negative examples.
• It can be a connective which serves for better
understanding.
• Examples always should be simple ,
interesting, and relevant .
• Inductive and deductive approach can be
applied while illustrating with examples.
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14. Skill of Illustrating with examples
Topic: Imbibition
• Cotton dipped in water
• White Chalk dipped in Coloured Ink
• Biscuits dipped in Tea
• Paper absorbing Oil.
• Categorizing the materials involved in the examples
given into solids and liquids.
The concept of solids absorbing liquids are understood
for the learner. Collecting more examples by
themselves.
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15. Skill of Explanation
• Teacher should be confident about the concept
• Its important to research about the same
• Keep eye contact on the students
• Should be simple ,clear , and logical
• Enhance with the use of visual aids
• Pace and pauses
• Personal experiences may bring an explanation
alive .
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16. Skill of using instructional aids
• Helps the teacher to add a new and concrete
dimension.
• They are primary tools and help for content
specific orientation.
• Teacher who needs creativity in the class room
can not avoid their use.
• Examples for instructional aids
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17. • Types of instructional aids
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Visual aids
Audio-
model aids
Audio-
visual aids

18.  Images/Picture
cards/Flash Cards
 Charts
 Flannel Boards
 Puzzle Cards
 Demonstration
objects
 OHP
 Models
 Presentation slides
 Television
 Films
 Puppetry
Important visual aids

19. Skills related with Evaluation
Practice of Teaching is not complete without some
form of evaluation.
1. Recognizing and assessing students
2. Objective specific evaluation
3. Diagnosing problems
4. Providing remedial measures
5. Encouraging self evaluation.
6. Evaluation should stress the application level
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20. TEACHING SKILLS
Core
teaching
skills
Skill of
Evaluation
Skill of
Introducing
lesson
Skill of
Reinforcement
Skill of
achieving
closure
Skill of
stimulus
variation
Skill of
explaining
Skill of
illustrating
with examples
Skill of
probing
questions

21. Organisational Skills
• Class room discipline
 Maintain your dignity
 Be consistent
 Be firm
 Use reinforcements(Positive and negative)
 Be self –critical
 Recognizing attention and lack of attention.
 Displaying confidence while coping with
multiple issues.
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22. Suggestions for maintaining class control
• Firm but friendly leadership
• Relaxed but distinctive teacher-pupil
relationships
• Genuine concern for welfare of pupils
• Minimum of bureaucracy
• Approachable
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23. 21st century teaching skills

24. 21st century teaching skills

25. “One time teaching means two times
learning”