Teaching Resources and Their Importance in the Learning Process

Introduction
Teaching resources refers to the tools and equipment that are used in the teaching process as a
supplement in the class room instructions for enhancing the interest of the learners. The
teaching materials are very vital catalysts of effective instructions. Along with the former
methods of teaching, there are many variety of teaching resources that are available to the
teachers in the modern days. All these resources help the learners to improve their reading
and learning skills. In modern days, with the development of science and technology, the
teaching and the learning process depends on the latest technologies. The process of teaching
has become increasingly interesting as because of the fact that the teachers now-a-days uses
different new and innovative teaching materials which directly involve the learners in the
learning and teaching process. All these resources contribute in making the lessons enjoyable
for them. Teaching resources are the primary factors that assist in creating effective learning
and teaching environments. They directly address the five senses on an individual and
therefore, the chances of forgetting becomes less as well as the learning process becomes
more effective.
These resources include:
Artificial materials that are developed for the education purposes like games
Concrete materials such as the real life tools that are used in the external school settings
The materials that are used by the teachers and the students to help them in their teaching and
learning process like maps, models, tape recorders, films, prints etc.
The purpose of the resources in learning and teaching process
When the teaching and the learning process are done with the things that are visible in nature
and are touched and heard, the lessons then become more effective and useful to the students.

Any lesson delivered without any teaching aid could be boring to them. The primary purpose
of these resources are mentioned below:
Making the lessons more interesting and easier to the students
Enabling the facilitators to express their intended concepts of learning effectively
Assist the learners in keeping the lessons learnt in their mind for longer period of time
Helping the educators to deliver their lessons easily and successfully
Effectiveness of each of the resources in the meeting of the learning needs of the individual in
learning and teaching contexts
Learning method- Embedded learning by making use of computers- This allows the learners
to carry out their own research and create posters or hand out and this in turn helps them to
develop and demonstrate their functional skill in the field of ICT. The students in this way are
self-directed to their learning process. It supports the kinaesthetic learners and also help in
supporting the students who complete their courses by means of online distance learning
process. This electronic learning material could be provided to the learners who are unable to
attend the courses because of having any other commitments, like that in the dependent
student.
Learning method- Delphi technique- the large quantity of the similar coloured post that it
notes needed. This allows the students to get up and move around. It supports both the
kinaesthetic learners and the visual learners. With the same, it offers assistance to the ones
who are with low self-esteem or low ability. This technique itself takes away the fear of
getting the things in wrong way.
Televisions/video/film- They support the auditory learners in absorbing the information and
helps the visual learners through providing them something to watch. The teachers could

make use of the chapters in YouTube clips, films, general video or news reading in order to
help in explaining and demonstrating the thing that they are teaching.
Hand outs- They help in supporting the reading and the visual learners through giving them
reference points and allowing them to take the information away, read them and digest them
in their free time. This method is very effective in assisting the learners suffering from
dyslexia. If they are provided prior to the courses, the dyslexic students get the chance of
reading through so that they do not fall back during the classes because of not having
sufficient time for reading and learning the chapters. They must be made in such a manner
that they are easy to read. A more detailed hand outs should be provided to the learners with
higher learning ability without putting much pressure on the other learners to keep up. It can
also be in the format of a PowerPoint presentation in class if required.
Newspapers/books/articles- These resources allow the read and write learners through
providing them the necessary information so that they could make a note of it if they wish to.
It can either be provided in the class or might also be posted to the students who undergo
distant learning correspondence courses.
The principles of resource design- Theresa
The main principle of the resource design is to answer the instructional design questions of
what the skills, attitudes, knowledge, materials and technology the teacher would want from
the learners to develop and enhance and then to design the learning and teaching resources
for accomplishing those goals in order to determine the evidences that would illustrate the
accomplishments of the student.
The deeper the cognitive involvement of a student is in his process of learning, the more
knowledge and learning he gets. The earlier time-on-task principle that states that the more
the learners spend more time in interacting with the IT and practicing the skills, the more

confident, accomplished and proficient they would become. This principle has not only
proved to be old and out dated but it is also not efficient enough in getting effective learning.
When it comes to the question of learning, the individuals have their own unique way to
absorb and grasp the things around them. Most of the people fall into the below mentioned
four categories of learners or even a combination of two or more of them, depending on their
orientation and style. They are VARK.
V stands for Visual
A stands for Auditory or Aural
R stands for Read and,
K stands for Kinaesthetic
As the name itself suggest, the visual learners learn best through seeing or witnessing. The
Aural learners learn best through their sense of listening. The read and write learners learn the
best by reading texts and by practising writing. Furthermore, the Kinaesthetic learners learn
best when they could feel and touch or if they do the things that are been taught to them.
These four categories of the learners have different characteristics specifically.