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    The document discusses traditional and modern teaching methods. Traditionally, education focused on recitation and memorization with students taking turns reciting lessons to the teacher. Modern methods emphasize individual needs over uniform understanding through more interactive techniques like questioning, explaining, and collaboration. While traditional methods ensured efficient learning through established customs, modern spaced learning incorporating brief lessons and activities may achieve better grades by creating stronger brain connections. However, both traditional and modern methods can be effective, and balance is important, using traditional when suited and innovating otherwise.

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    The document discusses traditional and modern teaching methods. Traditionally, education focused on recitation and memorization with students taking turns reciting lessons to the teacher. Modern methods emphasize individual needs over uniform understanding through more interactive techniques like questioning, explaining, and collaboration. While traditional methods ensured efficient learning through established customs, modern spaced learning incorporating brief lessons and activities may achieve better grades by creating stronger brain connections. However, both traditional and modern methods can be effective, and balance is important, using traditional when suited and innovating otherwise.

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    TRADITIONAL METHOD VS MODERN

    Teaching styles have changed significantly over the years. The traditional way
    that education was delivered was through recitation and memorization
    techniques, whereas the modern way of doing things involves interactive
    methods.

    Traditional teaching
    The back-to-basics traditional education method, also known as conventional
    education, is still widely used in schools. The old-fashioned way of teaching
    was all about recitation, for example students would sit in silence, while one
    student after another would take it in turns to recite the lesson, until each one
    had been called upon. The teacher would listen to each student’s recitation,
    and they were expected to study and memorise the assignments. At the end
    of the module a written test or oral examination would be conducted; this
    process was called an Assignment Study Recitation Test.

    The way in which traditional methods were taught ensured that students were
    rewarded for their efforts, used class periods efficiently and exercised clear
    rules to manage students’ behaviour. They were based on established
    customs that had been used successfully in schools over many years. The
    teachers communicated the knowledge and enforced standards of behaviour.

    Progressive modern teaching


    Education reforms mean that learning is taught from a completely different
    angle. Progressive educational practices focus more on the individual
    student's needs rather than assuming all students are at the same level of
    understanding. The modern way of teaching is more activity based, using
    questioning, explaining, demonstration and collaboration techniques.

    One modern method is spaced learning, this is when students are encouraged
    to quickly switch through activities, for example; providing 10 minutes of
    knowledge on a subject with a PowerPoint presentation and then having 15
    minutes of sport. The aim of spaced learning is to achieve better grades, and
    it works! It is claimed that this is a more effective than teaching students by
    traditional methods for four hours, thus helping the brain cells to create
    connections that they need to remember knowledge. It also helps people
    relax.

    Sonia Jackson who wrote an interesting blog post about modern teaching
    methods for Getting Smart states: “The traditional “chalk and talk” method of
    teaching that’s persisted for hundreds of years is now acquiring inferior results
    when compared with the more modern and revolutionary teaching methods
    that are available for use in schools today. Greater student interaction is
    encouraged, the boundaries of authority are being broken down, and a focus
    on enjoyment over grades is emphasised.”

    Conclusion
    Because traditional techniques used repetition and memorisation of
    information to educate students, it meant that they were not developing
    their critical thinking, problem solving and decision-making skills. Modern
    learning encourages students to collaborate and therefore be more
    productive. Saying that, traditional and modern teaching methods are both
    effective and useful in today’s education. Sarah Wright, who blogs for TES,
    explains, “As with most things, it’s all about balance. We need
    to understand when a traditional method works best and when it’s right to try
    new and innovative approaches.”

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