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Teaching Strategies

Subject : teaching
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1. A type of model that conveys a message to the learner through the use of abstract constructs - like words that stand for the real thing. Cartoons and printed materials are examples of symbolic forms of a message.






2. The willingness of a person emigrating to a new culture to gradually adopt and incorporate the characteristics of the prevailing culture.






3. Can be defined as a highly structured method by which the teacher verbally transmits information directly to groups of learners for the purpose of instruction. Oldest and most often used approaches to teaching. An ideal way to provide foundational ba






4. One of the newest forms of online communication - also known as web logs or web diaries - is an increasingly popular mechanism for individuals to share information and/or experiences about a given topic that include images - media objects - and links






5. A general category of learning disability that refers to the process of receiving and recording information in the brain - which includes visual - auditory - perceptual - and integrative processing such as dyslexia and short and long term memory diso






6. An absence or impairment of the ability to communicate through speech or writing due to a dysfunction in the Broca's ares of the brain - which is the center of the cortex that controls motor abilities.






7. The resources or vehicles used to help communicate information - which include both print and nonprint media - to aid teaching and learning by stimulating the various senses - such as vision and hearing. These are intended to supplement - not replace






8. The total inability of adults to read - write - or comprehend information or whose reading and writing skills are at or below the fourth grade level.






9. A complex concept that is an integral part of each person's life and includes knowledge - beliefs - values - morals - customs - traditions - and habits acquired by the members of a society.






10. A population of people - also referred to as a subculture - that has different experiences from those of the dominant culture.






11. Scientific inquiry applied to a specific program or activity to determine processes - outcomes - and/or their relationship






12. One of three domains in the taxonomy of behavioral objectives which is concerned with the physical activities of the body - such as coordination - reaction time - and muscular control - related to the acquisition of a skill or task.






13. An opinion or conveyance of a message through oral or body language by the teacher to the learner about how well he or she performed a psychomotor skill.






14. The effects of learning one skill on the subsequent performance of another related skill. Includes self-transfer - near transfer - and far transfer.






15. The values and behaviors every human group assigns to its conventions - which arise out of its own historical background and can only be accurately interpreted and understood in the light of that group's cultural worldview.






16. A preconceived notion about the abilities of women and men that prevent individuals from pursuing their own interests and achieving their potentials.






17. Evidence derived from practice rather than from research - such as the results of a systematically conducted evaluation - clients' responses to care delivered on the basis of clinical expertise - or a systematically conducted quality improvement proj






18. The relearning of previous skills which often requires an adjustment to altered functional abilities and altered lifestyle.






19. One of three domains in the taxonomy of behavioral objectives; deals with aspects of behavior focusing on the way in which someone thinks in acquiring facts - concepts - principles - etc.






20. A situation or area in which health teaching takes place as classified on the basis of what relationship health education has to the primary function of an organization - agency - or instruction in which the teaching occurs.






21. A computer network of information servers around the world that are connected to the Internet; it is technology-based educational resource that was created as a virtual space for the display of information.






22. Difficulty with voluntary muscle control of speech due to damage to the CNS or PNS that controls muscles essential to speaking and swallowing.






23. Interacting with others who represent different cultures from one's own culture.






24. One of three classifications of instructional settings - in which the delivery of health care is the primary or sole function of an institution - organization - or agency. Examples: hospitals - visiting nurse associations - public health departments






25. The process of recognizing and selecting appropriate or inappropriate stimuli.






26. A discipline that analyzes consumers' needs for information - studies and implements methods of making information accessible to consumers - and models and integrates consumer preferences into medical information systems






27. The lack of fundamental education skills needed by adults to read - write - or comprehend information to function effectively in today's society; the inability to read well enough to understand and interpret written information for use as intended.






28. A facsimile constructed to scale that resembles the features or substance of the original object. It may be examined or manipulated by the learner to get an idea of how something works.






29. Systematic assessment of the degree to which individuals have learned or objectives have been met as a result of education intervention.






30. A concept in which the belief is held that one's own culture is superior and all other cultures are less sophisticated.






31. The ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of another person's culture and accept and respect cultural differences by adapting interventions to be congruent with that specific culture when delivering care.






32. The most concrete form of stimuli that can be used to deliver information. A real person or a model being used to demonstrate a procedure such as breast self-examination.






33. Numbers and words - symbols written and spoken to convey ideas or represent objects - which are the most common forms of communication yet are the most abstract types of messages.






34. A desirable outcome to be achieved by the learner at the end of the teaching-learning process; global - more future oriented and long term in nature






35. A systematic assessment to determine that extent to which all activities for an entire department or programs over a specified time period have accomplished the goals originally established.






36. A type of model that uses analogy to explain something by comparing it to something else.






37. The ability to read and interpret numbers.






38. The way information is taught that brings the learner into contact with What is to be learned. EX: lecture - group discussion - one-to-one instruction






39. A reduction or complete loss of vision due to infection - accident - poisoning - or congenital degeneration of the eyes.






40. The degree to which individuals understand what they have read or heard; the ability to grasp the meaning of a verbal or nonverbal message.






41. A flexible telecommunications method of instruction using video or computer technology to transmit live - online - or taped messages directly between the instructor and the learner - who are separated from one another by time and/or location.






42. Evidence that is not generated from research but is appropriate for use when - for example - it is derived from a systematically conducted experiment.






43. Evidence derived from research that is generalizable beyond a particular study setting or sample.






44. The ability to use the necessary hardware and software to meet the needs for information.






45. Variation in health status - health behavior - or learning abilities among individuals of different social and economic levels.






46. A process whereby parents who are low income and educational level produce children of low income and educational attainment - who grow up and repeat the process with their own children - generation after generation are born into poverty by many fact






47. An instructional method requiring the learner to participate in a competitive activity with preset rules.






48. A category of instructional materials that depict realism - such as dimensionality. Examples: photographs - drawings - audiotapes. They depend on imagination to fill in the gaps and offer the learner experiences that simulate reality.






49. A huge global computer network - of which the WWW is a component - established to allow transfer of information from one computer to another. It provides a diverse range of services used to deliver information to large numbers of people and to enable






50. The process of becoming sensitive to the interactions with other cultural groups by examining one's biases and prejudices toward others of another culture or ethnic background.