Video Reflection Assignment 2
Video Reflection
A teaching strategy is a method that teachers use for instruction to deliver the course material
that keeps the students engaged with the lesson while practicing multiple skill sets. In this video
the teacher used various teaching strategies to complete his literary lesson including inquiry-
based teaching, active learning, and multi-method teaching.
Inquiry-based Teaching
Inquiry based teaching is “an investigative process of learning in which the students are
asked to pose questions, analyze data, and develop conclusions or generalizations (Orlich,
Harder, Brown, Trevisan, & Miller, 2018). This strategy was used when he had the students take
a picture walk through the story and make predictions on what they thought the story was going
to be about based on what they saw in the pictures. He then goes on to ask them what is
happening in the story, and what makes them think that. The class then uses the hovercam to go
over the pictures that they saw in the book to discuss what they predicted. While this method is
normally effective, I do not believe it was in this lesson because the children did not have enough
background information on the difference between photographs and paintings and understanding
the differences of how a picture is portrayed depending on the time in history that it was taken.
The teacher had to explain that after the picture walk when he realized not all the students
understood the differences.
Active Learning
Active learning is “any of a wide range of teaching strategies that engage the learner in
the instruction taking place, such as working on problems in small groups, as opposed to passive
methods such as seat work or listening to a lecture” (Orlich, Harder, Brown, Trevisan, & Miller,
Video Reflection Assignment 3
2018). The teacher implemented active learning when he broke the class up into partners to
discuss how things have changed from the past or as he put it “a long time ago.” Before splitting
them into groups he went over a few examples to help guide them. When all the students were
engaging in discussion with their partners, he walked around the classroom to listen in and join
in with more examples and continued to ask them how they knew. This strategy was effective as
it allowed the students to actively engage in the lesson and the material that they are learning.
Multi-Methodology
This teaching practice of using a wide variety of techniques during a lesson so that every student
will benefit that every student will benefit from at least one more of every presentation. (Orlich,
Harder, Brown, Trevisan, & Miller, 2018) This was shown during the classes syllable walk. The
teacher applies various techniques in understanding how many syllables a word has. This was
effective because it allowed all styles of learners a way to connect to the lesson. He says the
word so they can hear it, and has them repeat it so that they can hear the syllables as they say the
word. He then has the students up and moving around the classroom taking steps to the number
of syllables in the word that he says, as well as clapping out the word.
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it”
(Proverbs 22:6, New International Version, Bible). This scripture is relevant to the lesson as it
reminds us that teaching a child strategy to learn when they are young will help them as they
continue their educational journey. Once the knowledge is there the student has it and will not
depart from it as the information in instilled in them.
