Educational means
The means of education differ from one type to another. Sometimes they are called means of clarification, as they seek to clarify information for the recipient, and some call them visual means or audio means, because some of them depend on sight, such as silent films and pictures, and some of them depend on hearing, such as audio recording or radio, etc.
Despite that. All educational means do not replace schools, so we can define them as every tool used by the teacher in order to improve and develop learning and teaching, clarify ideas and meanings, and develop trends for the recipient or seeker of knowledge to make the educational process more interesting and exciting.
Its importance is summarized in the following: Shortening the time and reducing the effort for the teacher and the learner. Overcoming verbalism and its drawbacks. Help convey information and knowledge and clarify ambiguous matters. Arouse the attention and interest of the learner and develop observation in him. Assistance in comprehending and fixing information and increasing memorization. Measure the extent of the recipient's comprehension.
Highlighting the individual differences among learners in the various linguistic fields, especially oral. Keeping the educational experience going for the longest period of time for the learner or recipient. Skills development and behavior modification.
Types of teaching aids are among the most important teaching aids:
Visual aids: They are tools that depend on the sense of sight or sight, and are represented in the following: slides, animated and still films, dark pictures, maps, blackboards, cards, paintings, globes, graphs, museums and exhibitions , samples and models.
Audio means: It is the means and tools that rely on hearing or the ear, and are represented by the following: radio, school radio, audio recording devices, gramophone or gramophone.
Audio-visual means: They are tools that rely on both vision and hearing, and are represented in the following: talking and moving films, films accompanied by sound and still recordings, theaters, television, and video equipment.
Educational field trips:
This method is considered one of the most powerful and best means of education in terms of influencing the learner. As this method transfers the learner from the atmosphere of traditional symbolic methods to the atmosphere of real viewing on nature, which strengthens perception and understanding of matters without the need for detailed explanation
in addition to that it transfers the learner to an atmosphere of fun and kills routine, and develops self-reliance and a sense of responsibility. Educational exhibitions: It is considered one of the excellent means for the learner in terms of transferring information and knowledge, and it pushes for innovation. and public exhibitions nationwide.
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