THE DISCUSSIONS OF METHOD AND TECHNIQUE IN EDUCATION

Debates on the strategies and techniques in education have been made since old years. At the beginning of these debates, there exists the discussion about which strategies and techniques are more effective. Then, the topics that which of them are strategy and technique and how they should be used to improve students’ language and mental skills are discussed. Moreover, in the literature, there are various strategies and techniques based on the education approaches and models. The properties, advantages and applications of these strategies developed based on old or modern education understanding vary. Therefore, it is important to know them in detail in order to choose and apply appropriate one with respect to the objectives. However, some educationists ignore the differences between teaching strategies and techniques. Also, some of them emphasize that the strategies and the techniques vary based on the aim of using them and some of them can be both strategy and technique considering its taking place. Unfortunately, this confusion is observed in education literature. In some resources, general teaching strategies are explained instead of special ones or the descriptions on the scientific foundations and the aims strategies and the techniques and choosing ways of them are not made. However, there exist important differences between the strategies and the techniques. While the strategy is a way followed to reach the aim, the technique is the type of making a work or operation. The strategies chosen and applied propose benefits to the success of education, teacher and student considering education aims, levels of the students’ development, materials and education environment.