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International Teacher Education Conference 2014
Reinforcing a Skill or Concept
Teaching aids prove to be the encouraging supplements for teachers when the reinforcement of a skill or
concept is necessary. By using these aids, not only do the teachers allow the students more time to practice, but
they also present the information in a way which offers students a different way to engage with the study
material. Of course, this is important in order to reach the various learning types in the class.
Differentiating Instruction
It is important for the teachers to reach all learners in a classroom. The use of teaching aids facilitates to
achieve this objective by assisting teachers in differentiating instruction. Using aids such as graphs, charts,
flashcards, videos, and smart boards provides the learners with visual stimulation and the opportunity to access
the content from a different view point. This gives each learner the opportunity to interact with the content in a
way which allows one to comprehend the subject more easily.
Relieving Boredom
Teaching aids help to make the learning environment interesting and engaging. As we move toward a more
digital society, students are being exposed to computer technology and digital devices at a younger age. Since
video games and iPods are now exciting the students, when they come to school they have little patience for
lecture-style teaching. Students are seeking constant excitement and simply have no tolerance for boredom.
Teaching aids are not only improving the quality of education in today's schools but also are providing students
with the sense of excitement that they desire.
Teaching Aids Are Gaining Momentum
Teaching aids are becoming the teaching norms in the classroom. As traditional classrooms with blackboard
and chalk indicate a thing of the past, and smart classrooms have become the usual norms of teaching, teaching
aids are growing in popularity and advancement. Consequently, the blackboards are being replaced with white
and smart boards. TVs are being replaced with LCD projectors and screens. And educators are becoming more
focused on students growing with the technology, integrating it into the curriculum. Students are making
podcasts, videos and even are creating web-quests. All of which are sound teaching aids to incorporate into the
classroom. Current teaching methods, in developing countries, have some major limitations, where teaching is
still practiced with traditional lecturing methods, utilizing blackboard and chalk or simply using the display
charts. There, the teaching aids may prove extraordinarily helpful tools for teaching in a classroom; they can
help the individual learners as well. Teachers can use them to help the students improve the reading and other
skills, illustrate or reinforce a skill, concept, fact, or idea, in addition to relieving the anxiety, fears, or boredom
of the students. Several teaching aids are very impressive and motivating, making the concepts of the subject to
the students crystal clear with no doubts. In this context, the computer architecture is a broad introduction to the
features of education techniques. In fact, internet has tremendously revolutionised the teaching of science as
well as other subjects. It is now possible to sit in Aligarh and access lecture notes and slides for a course being
offered at Cambridge, MIT or Berkley institutions. Undoubtedly, the teaching aids help the teachers to achieve
the high performance in addition to driving the students toward achieving the goal of gaining perfect
understanding of the subject.
About Our University
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), is a residential academic university (http://www.amu.ac.in), established in
1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College; later, it was granted the status of
Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920. Spread over 468 hectares of land in the city of
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), it is one of the first institutions established during the British rule. It has played a
pioneering role in the independence of India. The university is one of the two in India to have earned the epithet
“Oxford of the East” in its past. AMU is open for all and prohibits discrimination in all of its programs and
activities on the basis of religion, race, color, disability, sex, etc.
AMU occupies an exalted position among Indian Universities and its contribution to nation building is in no
way inferior to the best among the lot. With more than 30,000 students, about 1,400 teachers and some 6,000
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