5 Non-conventional Ways Of Teaching High School Students

Have your students become bored in the class? Have they lost all their enthusiasm in books and learning? Are you not able to get their attention at all? Then, it’s time that you revamp your teaching methods. Let go and let the students do something they want to do. While learning, these teaching methods can also inculcate some important life and job skills in your students.

Follow these 5 non-conventional ways of teaching in your classroom and see the difference in your students’ learning process:

Quiz Competitions

• Prerequisites – Prepare questions and back-up questions, in advance, from what you have taught to your students so far.


• In the Class – Divide your class students into teams and conduct the quiz. Give a time limit to answer each question. 


• Benefits – This method can promote team work, decision making skills and time management skills to your students.

Class Exhibitions

Prerequisites – Allot topics for students to work on and exhibit. Help them throughout the process and teach them about their work during the process. 

In the Class – Let the students exhibit their work and explain. Also, ask them some simple questions about their work to further their knowledge in the subject. 

Benefits – This method can promote creativity and the ability to explain from what they have learned.

PPT Presentations

• Prerequisites– Train the students on the Power Point Presentation tool and allot subject topics.







• In the Class– Let the students display and explain their presentations. Ask simple questions to the students at the end of the presentation. You can also use different tools like this to teach the students.


• Benefits– This method can help students to bring out their designing skills and creativity.

Songs and Stories

Prerequisites– Provide topics for students to write a song or create a story using the subject matter. 

In the Class – Ask the students to sing the songs and tell the stories. You can encourage the students to enact their stories like dramas.

Benefits – This method can create interest in the subject. It can enhance creativity and enthusiasm about the subject.

Debates

• Prerequisites – Provide a topic for the whole class to debate. Let the students choose their side in the debate.


• In the Class – Encourage the students to speak out loud and argue for their views. Guide the students whenever necessary by asking questions to them. Provide a conclusion for the debate.


• Benefits – This method can enhance oratorical skills among students and let them stand for their view.

While preparing to conduct theses activities in your class, make sure to let the students know about the day of the activity, in advance, for them to prepare well. At the end of each and every activity, congratulate your students for their active participation. Encourage them to perform either solo or in groups. Focus on the theme of learning in all of the activities. All the best and have fun!

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