social reform<\/strong>: seeking a better society.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIt can be seen\u00a0that each of these perspectives relates to theories of learning to some extent, and they help to drive methods of teaching. So in practical terms, I will\u00a0start by looking at some common methods of teaching, and assessing their appropriateness for developing the knowledge and skills outlined in Chapter 1.<\/p>\n
I will organise these various methods of teaching into two chapters.\u00a0The first chapter will discuss design models that derive from more traditional school or campus-based teaching, and the second chapter will be\u00a0focused on design models\u00a0that make more use of Internet\u00a0technologies, although we will see in Chapter 10 that these distinctions\u00a0are already beginning to\u00a0break down.<\/p>\n
References<\/h2>\n
Pratt, D. and Associates (1998) Five Perspectives on Teaching in Adult and Higher Education<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company<\/p>\n
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<\/a> For my personal comments on why I wrote this chapter on campus-based teaching methods, please click on the podcast below[\/caption]\n\n[audio mp3=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2015\/08\/Campus-based-methods-2015-08-17-5.14-PM.mp3\"][\/audio]\n\n \n\nThe first thing to be said about teaching methods is that there is no law or rule that says teaching methods are driven by theories of learning. Especially in post-secondary education, most instructors would be surprised if their teaching was labelled as behaviourist\u00a0or\u00a0constructivist. On the other hand, it would be less than accurate to call such teaching 'theory-free'. We have seen how views about the nature of knowledge are likely to impact on preferred teaching methods. But it would be unwise to press this too hard. A great deal of teaching, at least at a post-secondary level, is based on an apprenticeship model of copying the same methods used by one's own teachers, then gradually refining them from experience, without a great deal of attention being paid to theories of how students actually learn.\n\nDan Pratt (![\"For](\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/Tony-in-Rio.jpg\")
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