Teaching which is the profession of a teacher simply refers to the activities of educating or imparting knowledge to students. Every teacher has a goal which he/she must achieve at the end of every class lesson. Whatever style used by the teacher to achieve such goals and also to make learning easier for the students can be referred to as 'Teaching strategies'. Jigsaw is a type of teaching strategy. In this case the teacher divides the students into small groups called home groups and assign different topics to each student in the group and assign the same topics in the same order to students in another home group and ask them to make research on their topics after he has done that another group called the expert group would be made but this time it would consist of those with similar topics in the home groups. They would discuss about their topic as the expert that they are and when the discussion is over they would return to their home group and each person would teach the other members of the group his own topic. At the end of the discussion whatever questions the student have would be directed to the teacher and he would provide answers.
Students often get confused when discussing the meaning of teaching strategies, teaching methods and teaching technique so here i would explain each of them in the way i understand. Teaching strategies are the styles used by a teacher to keep students motivated and engaged in class activities and also to make teaching easier. Teaching methods refer to the general principles or a target plan used for classroom instructions. here, teaching is done in a systematic and organized way. Teaching technique is a precise style or concrete procedures that must be followed by teachers with the intent on reaching their goals
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