Didactic Teaching

Teacher- based on the assumption that the teacher is

centered the primary agent in learning
Teacher’s to impart the results of experiences, personal
role study, and reflection.
Primarily the usual methods are lecture, storytelling,
deductive use of analogy and aphorism.
Test of authority and experience
truth
 Didactic Teaching
Learning is the reception of ideas.
Student’s to be passive, open, receptive, trusting and
role unquestioning
Evaluation factual recall of data – commonly in the form
of objective tests-right and wrong answers.
Ultimate wisdom viewed as the internalization of
goal truths and beliefs.
 Advantages of DT
• Efficiently presents a large volume of
foundational knowledge
• Provides students a "mental break"
from more intensive learning
activities
 Advantages of DT
•Is familiar to students from
past learning experiences
•Is most comfortable for many
faculty
Disadvantages of DT
•Often
perceived
as boring
Disadvantages of DT
• May be
viewed as
irrelevant or
unnecessary
by students