SIMULATED TEACHING

INTRODUCTION & ORIGIN

Simulation is one activity that can contribute to a successful and highly enjoyable experience. It engages students by placing them directly into the conflict of the real situation. It comes alive as students interact with one another.

Since a long time ago, simulation has been used by human and even animal to train their young ones for adaptation with their environment. At first, chess was assumed as the original form of the war game later on it developed into more serious and sophisticated military game to train new soldiers. The simulation technique has been applied successfully in the last decade in education .The advantages of the technique has been known all over the world by educationist. The National Games Council was established in 1961 in USA and in 1970, the International Simulation and Games Association was found in Germany. It is the evidence of the importance of simulation technique.

THE PROJECT METHOD

INTRODUCTION

The project method is a significant landmark in the history of the methodology of education. It is directly in line with the current progress and fits in very comfortably with the other developments. The method is not totally new. It owes its origin to the American philosophers belonging to the pragmatic school of philosophy. W. H. Kilpatrick was a chief proponent of this method. He was influenced by the John Dewey’s Pragmatism principle. He published a paper on ‘The Project Method’ in 1918. He mainly focuses on the purposeful activity and problem solving capacity of the students based on their needs, interest, attitudes and abilities.