Instructional Approaches

Dr. Poonam Kaushal

Assistant Professor
ISB, IUD
Instructional strategies
Instructional strategies are the techniques
used by educators, learning and development
professionals to instruct and teach students
and train workers.

An instructional strategy according to Dick

and Carey is “a description of the process of
sequencing and organizing content, specifying
learning activities, and deciding how to
deliver the content and activities.”
Instructional Approaches
Traditional Instructional Approaches
Modern Instructional Approaches
 Traditional Instructional Approaches

Traditional Instructional Approaches

• Require an instructor or facilitator

• Involve face-to-face interactions
 Presentation Hands on
Methods method

Group
Building
Methods

TRADITIONAL TRAINING METHODS

 Lecture
1. Presentation
Methods

Presentation is the practice of showing and explaining the

Audio-Visual
content of a topic to an audience or learner
Presentation is also the means of communication which can
be adapted to various speaking situation, such as talking to a
group, addressing a meeting or briefing a team.
 Standard
Lectures

Team
A. Lecture Teaching
Method
Wants Guest
trainees to Lectures
learn by
spoken
words. Student Presentations

Student
Presentation
B. Audio Visual Techniques-
It is mixture of audiovisual instructions given to
traineesby providing real life experiences and
examples.

Includes overheads, slides, and video

Video is highly popular, but rarely used alone
Video can be effective for illustrating communication
skills, interviewing skills, customer-service skills, and
step-by-step procedures
Hands on
Methods
Training methods
On-The
that require the Training
Job
trainee to be
involved in Simulations Case
learning. studies
Hands-on Hands
learning is an
educational on
method that Methods
directly involves
the learner, by Behaviour Business
actively Modelling Games
encouraging them
to do something in
Role
order to learn
about it. Plays
On-the-Job Training
(OJT) Upgrading
Involves learning by
experience
observing others and
d
emulating their employees
behavior

Considered informal
because it does not On the Job Cross-
New Hired
occur in a classroom Training training
and because managers employees
or coworkers are Employee (OJT)
trainers s
Useful for training
new employees,
upgrading experienced Promote
employees’ skills, and
Employees
cross-training
Simulation
Simulation means imitation of a real life
process using computer or other technical
device
Ca se Studies
Description about how employees or an
organization dealt with a difficult
situation Analyze
In-depth scenario how employees or an
organization dealt with a difficult situation

Trainees are required to analyze and Action

critique the actions taken, indicate
appropriate actions, and suggest what
should have been done differently

Individuals learn through a process of Suggestion

discovery
Business games Improve
are used as an
Managemen
educational tool for
t Skills
teaching business.
Business games may
be carried out for Make
various business Decisions
training such as:
general Analyze
management,
finance,
Situation
organizational
behavior, human
resources etc.
Gather
Informatio
n
 Management Games for MBA
Truth and lie game: In this game, the students have to write two
facts and one lie on paper. Then each student is asked to read aloud,
and the rest have to identify the lie. It’s an excellent game to
improve the observational skills of students.

Making advertisements: In this game, the students are asked to

create advertisements for a product or service in small groups. The
advertisements should be on radio, TV, and print media along with
captions. The group which dies a creative work is declared as a
winner.
 It focuses on
interpersonal skills ,
intensity of the
participants.
 Trainee act on the characters
assigned to them. Situation Interpersona
 The details of the situation
is given to the trainees.
informatio l responses
 Outcomes are depended on n
the reactions of the other
people.

Character Emotional
s played Role
Plays Reactions
Behavior Modeling

• Behavior Modeling, a component of Social Learning Theory, is the act of

guiding the employees how to do something by showing them the
standard modeled behavior.
• This process is of the premise that people tend to inevitably learn things they
see in a hands-on way.
 Group Building Methods

• Adventure Learning:- development of

teamwork and leadership skills using
structured outdoor activities.

• Team Training:- involves coordinating the

performance of individuals who works
together for common goal.
• Action learning:- involves giving leaders or
work groups an actual problem having them
work on solving it.

Involves assigning teams an actual problem,

committing to an action plan, and holding them
accountable

Used to solve important problems, develop leaders,

build teams, and transform organizational cultures

Typically involves teams of 6 to 30

 CONCLUSION

Traditional training methods involves various criteria's for

employees working with a instructor to review different
situations that occur considering how employees can deliver
their best.
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