Inductive and Deductive Teaching Approaches [622849]

Inductive and Deductive Teaching Approaches
1.Introduction
Inductive Teaching
This is the teaching style which aims at the constructive model which is mostly student: [anonimizat].
The teacher or the professor will provide the live examples to the students based upon the
discussion topic and the students are advised to practice the examples and thus figure out the best
understanding from them. This will increase the practical thinking of the students as the
inductive teaching encourages experimental learning approach. The guidance given will help the
students to expand their inbuilt analytic thinking.
Deductive Teaching
This is the general traditional way of teaching and thus the professor or the teacher will provide
the lectures and thus explain the theoretical data and then share the examples for the concept
explained. The students will be explained with the necessary skills before they are allowed to
practice so that the students will get the complete idea of the topic on which the lecture was
given. However, the practicality of the students will be reduced if this approach is practiced. This
method of teaching is teacher centric and hence the students have to learn what the teacher says.
2.Examples
Inductive Teaching
During the training sessions in the software or IT industry, the group manager or the team leader
will interact with the team members and discuss the concepts before explaining them. They will
try to explain the advantages and disadvantages of using the existing technology and how to
overcome the existing problems with different approaches. After the discussion, they will take
the feedback and suggestions from the team members and thus they will introduce the training
topic and how to implement that technology. After the practical teaching by giving few
examples, the team members are allowed to practice by providing them with few examples.
Deductive Teaching

This type of training is generally given to the people who are not well known about particular
concepts. In software or IT firm, the fresher employees will be recruited and they will be
provided with basic training before placing them into projects. Thus the recruits will be given a
full pledged basic training as they are not well aware of the technologies and processes that are
being practiced in the organization. Hence, the instructor will provide the recruits with detailed
theoretical knowledge and then they will be asked to practice on the theory that had been
explained.
3.Advantages and disadvantages
Inductive teaching
a.Students will learn the best concepts due to this approach. The self-learning is one of the
best ways of understanding and practicing. Thus if the trainees are given enough
information, they can practice on the concepts and thus can learn the concepts very fast.
b.The examples that are provided to the trainees will always be practical and will enhance
the practical knowledge. This will improve their knowledge on a particular subject and
they can read themselves for the further topics in the subject.
c.Only disadvantage is that the trainees who have less IQ power cannot understand the
examples and thus will lag behind in the training. This teaching technique is
advantageous only to the trainees who are confident enough about their capability.
Deductive teaching
a.This is a theoretical approach and hence all sets of people can easily understand the
concepts without failure. The trainees can easily understand the basics of the topic and
hence they can further proceed to the practical sessions.
b.Due to the strong hold on the basic concepts of the topic, the trainees can perform the
practical sessions very well and this will further enhance their knowledge.
c.However, the disadvantage is t hat the trainees will be deprived from involving in the
learning process and hence they will lack in the analytical thinking.

According to Brudnik et al (2008), the students will try to remember 10 % which they have read,
20 % of the topic which they have heard, 30 % of the topics which they have seen, 50 % of the
topics which they have heard and seen, 70 % of the topics which they have said and 90 % of the
topics which they have done by themselves. Thus in order to learn cooking, it is waste of time
and resources to watch chef while cooking, instead it is better to cook themselves by taking the
instructions from the chef.
A famous quote from Benjamin Franklin is that:
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn.”
Thus whenever the trainees or the students are involved into the practical sessions through
inductive teaching, the people will learn fast and thus gain better knowledge of the topics in
which they used to learn.
When to use what
Deductive training can be used under the following concerns:
a.When the students are taught the grammar basics, the instructor should use the deductive
training methodology as the students have to memorize the grammar concepts with the
help of the instructor’s lesson.
b.When the students are taught the theoretical subjects like political sciences, mathematical
theorems, historical sciences etc., the students have nothing much to do with the practical
classes and hence they have to listen to the theory classes.
Inductive training will be used in the following cases:
a.During the IT training in the IT companies, the trainees will have to gain the knowledge
by their self-training and thus the practical approach is followed.
b.In the biological classes, the students are taught the practical sessions and will be allowed
to practice on the practical classes. This will increase their practical knowledge.

c.In the subjects like management, finance, accounting and investment banking, the
practical approach is an essential component rather than the theoretical and hence the
students and the professors follow the inductive teaching.
Both deductive and inductive teaching styles are important in the practical world and both have
their own advantages over the other. These teaching styles will depend on the different sets of
the people and different requirements in the learning field. Hence, both the learning styles will
help to enhance the knowledge.
References
[1] Mbp, Deductive vs. inductive teaching, accessed online at
http://knol.google.com/k/deductive-vs-inductive-teaching, last accessed on 1 July, 2010.
[2] W H Winch, Inductive Versus Deductive Methods of Teaching: An Experimental Research,
Read Books, ISBN-10: 1444640909, 2009
[3] Gilbert H. Hunt, Gilbert Hunt, Timothy J. Touzel, Effective Teaching: Preparation and
Implementation, Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd, ISBN-10: 0398069956, 1999