I need a less that 10 minute activity for my oral report.. Please HELP!! Please, please, please...?

Question

I'm a educational psychology major. I have oral report in 2 days as part of our requirement in the course. I already made hard copy of my report but I still need a 10 minute or less that 10 minute activity to further help my audience in undertanding my topic. The assigned topic to me is Principles of Teaching and Learning (it includes defining teaching, learning and principles).. I tried to think for an activity but I can't come up with a good one. So i need help regarding my oral report. what activity could I make that is related to my topic and is not time consumable (it should be 10 or less than 10 minutes).. any idea is appreciated.. Thanks and Godbless this is really urgent....

Answer 1

I think you should make a poster showing the ways to teach and learn.

Teaching: Title on your poster or on your powerpoint: Common Teaching Methods, or something like that, then write down these things: use of overhead projectors, use of the blackboard, charts, the use of a laser pointer to point at things, teaching using videos, etc. Then say which way you would prefer teaching a class and why... then you should transition that into the learning part of your oral report.. say well, also why i like teaching that way is because i feel i learn the best that way.

Learning: title the same: common ways of learning, Taking notes, watching videos, taking quizes, exams, studying from notes, studying from the book, flash cards, online, etc. Then say which one you like the most, or which way works best for you, and say what you suggest kids to do.

Maybe you could also ask the audience which way they like to learn. I have no idea what the principles are, but just do basically the same thing, k?

I don't know if you need a visual or not, but that should maybe take 6-7 minutes to say all that.

is that good, or does that suck? I hope i helped.

Answer 2

How about if you teach your audience a song? Something that you could break down into a couple parts so 1 section can sing, then the next, then the next - maybe just sounds that make an instrumental. Or maybe you could teach This Old Man up to 5, but give them new words so people won't (or will) be able to anticipate what you will teach them.

It would be fun and memorable. Good luck!

Peace!

Answer 3

If I understand your question correctly, you have to cover a fairly complex topic in 10 minutes? Seems a bit of a difficult task.

If that's true, my suggestion would be to mention the basic learning perspectives (behaviorist, cognitivist, humanist, social-cognitive, learning), the major theorists of each (e.g., Skinner, Piaget, Maslow, Bandura, Vygotsky), and how these theoretical principles manifest themselves in the classroom in terms of the teacher (i.e., teaching) and the student (i.e., learning).

Iceman's suggestion concerning the use of a poster would probably be best to represent the above information. For example, making up some columns with the appropriate titles (e.g., theoretical principles, their implications for the role of teachers/teaching, their implications for the role of students/learning), with appropriate info below each column. Then as you go through each column (about 2 minutes each), you could give a practical example of each theory in terms of how it would appear as a classroom activity.Realistically, this would all work best as a 20 minute presentation.

If you really wanted to cut it down, I would just focus on the two most basic (and polar) principles of instruction (teacher-centred/behaviorist vs. student-centred/constructivist), define what they are, and then have fellow students come up with examples for both. You could then tell them that explaining what the principles are is teacher-centred, and having them come up with examples is student-centred (learning).

Answer 4

Not really sure what your topic is, but Maslow's (did I get the right guy?) positive/negative reinforcement theories are a pretty good activity for a class. Hint: think cruel and unusual punishment. lol

Answer 5

I have tried in one of my reports using memory games for learning.

Answer 6

How some demonstration or record on how people learn: sight, audio, or tactile? you need to do a job and supply examples on how people learn a variety of three techniques. keep in mind, some people learn by potential of gazing, some by potential of having training, and a few by potential of having to do something themselves. you need to p.c.. especially lots any activity. stable success on your project.