Which type of teaching paradigm focuses on a technical or 'one right way to teach' approach to presenting content?
The paradigm that focuses on a technical, one right way to teach approach to presenting content is the instructional paradigm.
It treats teaching as the transmission of content, with the teacher as the central authority delivering knowledge.
The learning paradigm, by contrast, centres on producing learning and places the student at the heart of the process.
The value-added paradigm judges education by the growth it adds to learners, not by a fixed method of delivery.
The attitudinal paradigm concerns dispositions and beliefs about teaching, not a single technical way to present content.
Barr and Tagg famously contrasted the instruction paradigm with the learning paradigm in higher education.
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