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Teaching Methods: A to Z

In addition to the many philosophical and pedagogical approaches to teaching, educators today employ diverse and sometimes highly creative methods involving specific teaching strategies, prompts and tools that require little explanation. These include:

• Appointments with students
• Art-based projects
• Audio tutorials
• Author’s chair
• Book reports
• Bulletin boards
• Brainstorming
• Case studies
• Chalkboard instruction
• Class projects
• Classroom discussion
• Classroom video diary
• Collaborative learning spaces
• Creating murals and montages
• Current events quizzes
• Debates
• Designated quiet space
• Discussion groups
• DIY activities
• Dramatization (plays, skits, etc.)
• Drill
• Educational games
• Educational podcasts
• Essays (Descriptive)
• Essays (Expository)
• Essays (Narrative)
• Essays (Persuasive)
• Exhibits and displays
• Explore different cultures
• Field trips
• Fishbowl
• Flash cards
• Flexible seating
• Gamified learning plans
• Genius hour
• Graphic Organizers
• Group discussion
• Guest speakers
• Hands-on activities
• Individual projects
• Interviewing
• Journaling
• Jury Trial
• Laboratory experiments
• Learning contracts
• Learning stations
• Lecturing
• Literature circles
• Making posters
• Math games
• Memorization
• Mind-mapping
• Mock conventions
• Motivational posters
• Music from other countries/cultures
• Observation/ Reflection
• Oral reports
• Panel discussions
• Peer partner learning
• Pen pals
• Photography
• Projects
• Problem solving activities
• Reading aloud
• Readers’ theater
• Recitation
• Reflective discussion
• Research projects
• Rewards & recognition
• Role playing
• School newspapers
• Science fairs
• Scrapbooks
• Self-assessment
• Simulation
• Sister city programs
• Socratic discussion
• Spelling bees
• Storytelling
• Student podcasts
• Student portfolios
• Student presentations
• Student-conceived projects
• Supplemental reading assignments
• Surveys
• TED talks
• Team-building exercises
• Term papers
• Textbook assignments
• Think-tac-toe
• Time capsules
• Timelines
• Use of community or local resources
• Video creation
• Video lessons
• Vocabulary lists
• Web quests
• Word walls
• Workbook