Transaction
The second approach is transaction. The main objective is...
In transactional teaching, students develop better self-understanding of themselves. They learn to apply their critical thinking skills outside of school. This approach is more interactive than transmission because in order to develop these skills, dialogues need to occur.
Some evaluation methods that use transaction approach include:
Information retrieved from:
Miller, John. (2010). Whole Child Education. Toronto: UTPress, 2010
Miller, John. (2007) The Holistic Curriculum. Toronto: UTPress.
- develop students' inquiry learning and critical thinking skills
- be able to solve problems in various contexts (ex: Math, Science, personal problems)
- being able to solve with an open-ended problem by working in groups
- have students participate in their own learning process
In transactional teaching, students develop better self-understanding of themselves. They learn to apply their critical thinking skills outside of school. This approach is more interactive than transmission because in order to develop these skills, dialogues need to occur.
Some evaluation methods that use transaction approach include:
- ongoing observation
- anecdotal notes
- interviews
- rubrics
Information retrieved from:
Miller, John. (2010). Whole Child Education. Toronto: UTPress, 2010
Miller, John. (2007) The Holistic Curriculum. Toronto: UTPress.