Abstract

GAUTHIER, Clermont; BISSONNETTE, Steve  and  BOCQUILLON, Henri. Instruct or stun the students? Critical reflection on the idea that “we need to vary our teaching”. Educ. Form. [online]. 2021, vol.6, n.3, e5404.  Epub Aug 11, 2021. ISSN 2448-3583.  https://doi.org/10.25053/redufor.v6i2.5404.

Often in the educational literature there is an invitation to “vary one's teaching”. While this expression may seem clear at first glance, it quickly becomes ambiguous upon closer examination because the criteria on which this variation is based are not made explicit. It is as if varying learning activities is seen as a principle that has value in itself, but it is not a relevant principle of action because it risks creating confusion by equating activities that may have positive or negative effects depending on the teaching context. The objective of this article is to formulate criteria for choosing activities in the light of work on explicit teaching, particularly regarding learning management and classroom management. The level of competence of the students, the complexity of the task to be accomplished, the time available and the importance of the content are the criteria used regarding learning management. The maintenance of the action vetor refers to the criterion related to the management of the class.

Keywords : Vary the teaching; Misconceptions; Critical; Explicit teaching; Criteria.

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