One to one teaching

Posted by Willow Bend Academy on Aug 30, 2013 in Articles, Featured | 0 comments

What’s different about one to one teaching? While lecture-style instruction is the most efficient in terms of the number of students served by a single teacher, this article asserts that it is not in the best interest of the students and the educational process – which is, after all, the ultimate goal. Lecture Seminar Problem-BasedLearning Groups One to One Efficiency (based on number of students) High Medium Low Very Low Active Learning Low Variable High Very High Mutual Feedback Low Low Medium to High Very High Modeling behavior in real life setting Low Low Medium Very High source: “ABCs of Teaching and Learning in Medicine”, British Medical Journal, March 8, 2010 The above chart shows that Lecture is overall the least effective in terms of active learning, feedback to the teacher and modeling behavior in real life setting while One to One teaching is the most effective in all three categories. The obvious conclusion should be that while group lecture allows more exposure to more students it is comparable to the “shotgun approach” in that each individual is only minimally influenced. Willow Bend Academyʼs program approaches One to One with only eight students per teacher and each student receiving individual instruction both from the teacher and from a curriculum that is specifically designed for individual...