Teaching Styles of Instructors

Expert Instructors possess knowledge and expertise that students need and maintain the status as experts by displaying detailed knowledge. The style focuses on information transmission and ensures that students are well prepared Information, knowledge, and skills that the instructor possesses Overuse may be unfavorable to less experienced students, and instructors may not always show the underlying thought processes that produced answers 

Delegator They are concerned with developing students capacity to function in an autonomous fashion. Students work on projects independently, and teachers are available at the request of students as resource persons The style helps students to perceive themselves as independent learners Disadvantages are misreading of student s readiness for independent work, and some students may become anxious in an autonomous environment 

1 Expert/formal auditory Personal model/facilitator/delegator 

2 Expert/personal model/formal auditory Eacilitator/delegator 

3 Expert/facilitator/personal model Eormal auditory/delegator 

---

Table 13.1 Teaching styles of instructors. (Based on Grasha 1994)...

---