Direct, Indirect And Teaching Styles In Physical Education

We are all aware of the different styles in which we retain and learn material given to us: Auditory Learning (in which we learn from hearing and listening), Visual Learning (in which we learn from seeing and reading), and Kinesthetic Learning (in which we learn by doing physically). These styles are based on how the student learn, but is there a certain way that teachers can teach this material? Yes, there are three ways and they’re called Teaching Styles. There is Direct, Indirect and Interactive teaching styles. Discussed are these three teaching styles and how they are used by Physical Educators to engage their students in physical education. The first teaching style is the Direct Teaching Style. This involves clear and descriptive …show more content…
P.E. teachers use this method of teaching to verbally explain: a skill, a movement or an objective to the students, so they’re able to understand exactly what the teacher expects of them. This style is based on mainly teacher involvement and little to no involvement from the student, other than listening and comprehending. The Direct method gives P.E teachers the opportunity to explain rules, regulations, objectives and different parts of a movement or skill to students verbally, which installs an idea in their head of what to expect. With this style, the best time to use it would be during an elementary lesson. Students at that age need the verbal and direct instructions to accomplish almost anything in the classroom. I do believe that the Direct Teaching style is historically the most used method by all teachers because it is the best way for a teacher to explain their message to a student. The Direct Teaching Style is the base for most, if not all teaching styles. The direct instruction is crucial for students to comprehend what the teacher wants. To generalize this, Direct Teaching in the …show more content…
This is exactly what this teaching style employs for students. The Indirect Teaching Style allows students to be involved in their own learning through experience and other peer’s knowledge. Students can use critical thinking to expand their learning capabilities by seeing what others may be doing correct and adjusting this to their own knowledge. The Indirect approach is the opposite of what the direct style suggests, but they are both strictly related, meaning you can’t have one without the other. I stated before that the Direct Teaching Style is “directly” related to other styles of teaching, and this is true. To begin with: a PE teacher will “directly” give instructions for a student, then the student will improve upon their knowledge of the instruction from the teacher, lastly the student is able to deliver that same knowledge to another peer. Now with one lecture of an instruction to one student, two students can comprehend what the objective is that the teacher was trying to deliver. This domino effect allows for a message to be spread throughout a group and possibly further than that. This style is strictly student based and involves little participation on behalf of the teacher. “Greatest opportunity for a student to enhance thinking skills and stimulate creativity is when the teacher facilitates and encourages but does not participate.” (Eble pg34) The only objective for the teacher during this