Question

Considering the various learning styles and education levels of your selected community, explain your selection of teaching materials. How do they cater to or possibly impede the audience’s receptivity to the shared health education information?

Answer 1

Answer.

Examples of learning methods are: Health Talks, Lectures, Lecture with discussion, Role play ,Drama.etc. Examples of teaching materials are: posters, leaflets flipcharts TV Radio and Computer.

1.Health Talks and Group discussion

talks are most effective if conducted with small gatherings (5–10 people), because the larger the group the less chance that each person has to participate

Talk will be educational and beneficial if it is combined with visual aids, such as posters or audiovisual material. Also a talk can be associated into the local setting by the use of proverbs and local stories that carry a positive health message.

Demonstration

As a health educator giving a demonstration is another way of education.This is based on learning through observation.

Steps

1. Giving the actual demonstration, doing one step at a time
2. Asking one person to repeat the demonstration and giving everyone a chance to repeat the process e.g taking a inhaler in case of bronchospasm. A real inhaler medicine should be there.

     for the demonstration to be effective (Role play)

Drama

• script should be simple and clear
• To Identify an appropriate site
• A few words at the beginning of the play to introduce the subject and give the reasons for the drama
• Questions and discussions at the end.

• Health learning materials are those teaching aids that give information and instruction about health specifically directed to a clearly defined group or audience. The health learning materials that can be used in health education and promotion are usually broadly classified into four categories: printed materials, visual materials, audio and audio-visual materials.
• Printed materials like Posters, leaflets
• Printed health learning materials can be used as a medium in their own right or as support for other kinds of media. Some printed health learning materials that you will already be familiar with include posters, leaflets and flip charts.

Visual Materials   Real contraceptives, such as pills condoms, diaphragms, and foams to be displayed if display on ‘family planning methods’.

Visuals materials are one of the strongest methods of communicating messages, especially where literacy is low amongst the population

Audio and audio-visual materials

These materials include TV, films or videos which provide a wide range of interest and can convey messages with high motivational appeal. They enhance understanding or stimulate active thinking and learning and help develop memory.

Above all we have to be cautious of socio cultural value of the particular society.Value of that should be borne in mind while teaching the community