APPROACHES METHODS AND
TECHNIQUES IN TEACHING EPP
Christopher Aldous L. Cales
HANDS ON LEARNING
• - is a form of education in which children learn by doing. Instead of simply
•
• listening to a teacher or instructor lecture about a given subject, the student
engages with the
•
• subject matter to solve a problem or create something.
BENEFITS OF HANDS ON LEARNING
Hands-on learning brings so many benefits to students, including
• It is a more engaging way to learn
• It can lead to increased retention
• It can offer practice in problem solving and critical thinking
• It often results in a physical creation
1. Hands-on is another way to learn.
Some children learn best by looking at visuals. Some children learn best by listening to a parent
or teacher speak. And some children learn best by reading and writing about something. These
are called visual, auditory, and reading/writing learning styles, respectively. But there is a fourth
learning style that is easy to overlook: Kinesthetic learning, which is a fancy way of saying
“learning by doing.”
When students are forced to do something, they are engaged in active learning. They’re
practicing their skills and they’re putting their knowledge to the test. Most importantly, they are
actively creating knowledge, instead of passively consuming it.
2. Hands-on gives students practice.
Beyond simply leading to better engagement, hands-on learning allows students to
practice the
skills that they have already learned. As anyone who has ever learned a skill or learned
information can attest to, the more practice you get, the better you will be at that skill,
and the
• better you will be able to retain the information.
3. Hands-on gives students something “real.”
Incorporating hands-on learning into the classroom or into the home is an easy
way for parent
and teachers to show their children exactly how what they are learning can be
used in the real
world.
Through hands-on learning, students will often actively create something,
whether an essay,
story, piece of art, construction project, or something else. This is something real.
It is
something that a student can look at and think: I was able to create this because
of what I have
• learned and because of the skills that I have practiced. Because of me, it is here.
4. Hands-on lets students be creative.
Creativity is a muscle. Just like other muscles, it needs to be
regularly exercised or else it will
become harder and harder to be creative. Hands-on learning gives a
child one more opportunity
to exercise their creative skills so that they don’t lose them.
Creativity encourages children to develop a new way of thinking
about something. This new way
of exploring a concept or idea can lead to insights that may
otherwise have been hidden. For
• example, your child may have learned to complete a math problem
• Doesn’t mean it’s the only way that the problem can be solved. A creative student may look at the problem
and find a brand new way of completing it.https
://blog.friendscentral.org/benefits-of-hands-on-learning#:~:text=What%20is%20hands%2Don20learning,a
%20problem%20or%20create%20something.Hands-on learning is an incredibly powerful tool, but it
won’t replace traditional learning entirely. While it’s beneficial to get excited about hands-on sessions in
your field of study, don’t neglect reviewing your notes, or collaborating with peers to ensure you
understand important concepts. If you feel like you understand your hands-on session well but struggle
with test and quiz concepts, be sure to confer with your instructor to bring your learning experience back
into balance. Just as all students learn in different core methods, their ideal mix of the three learning
methods will vary as well.
