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Instructional Strategies - Overview
What is it?
An instructional strategy is the overarching framework used to guide your teaching some examples include lecture-based instruction, case-based learning, or team-based learning. Instructional strategies describe the way that students will engage with the content and practice the associated skills with it.
Instructional strategies can:
- Reduce your workload
- Help you integrate evidence-based teaching
- Support your course design
There are several reasons you might choose one instructional strategy over another:
- Context - situational factors
- Content - discipline and curriculum
- Goals - both the hard and soft skills
- Philosophy - your approach to teaching and learning
- Science - previous educational research
Examples and Implementation
Instructional strategies can generally be categorized to one of five categories:
