Hi all,

In this post I will discuss about one of the teaching strategies which is teaching style that my mentor used during my experience in the Training department.

Teaching style is an essential part where the trainers decide how to present the information to the learners and make the learning effective. Some trainers prefer to use trainer-centered style where the focus is more on feeding the learners the information without giving them an opportunity to be a part of their own learning. In contrast to the pervious style, some others use more effective way of involving the trainees in small groups to discuss and share their experiences where the learning is more active and constructive. Furthermore, sometimes the trainers use a blended teaching style where they mix between the two approaches that I mentioned above based on the courses given to the trainees and their needs.

Regarding to my experience in schools and the bank, I noticed the most teaching approach that was used in both establishments is traditional where the main concern was filling the learners with information without considering their needs, abilities and their learning styles. Although, there is a difference in teaching adults in an institute than a student in the school, I think these learners share some needs that are the same.

I cannot blame my mentor or the teachers that I worked with in the school due to their teaching styles because maybe there were not exposed to a learning environment that I had where I learnt about the education theories and realized the rationale behind it when implementing them in different learning environments. Moreover, I was happy to give my mentor some ideas how to make the training sessions more interesting by involving the trainees in groups and using open-discussion tasks.