Inductive Teaching Strategy

we learned about inductive teaching/learning strategy. We did a group activity where by we were ask to make a different group apart expert group. Then different groups were provided with different questions on the  topic Inductive teaching/learning strategy. Then after an hour discussions, we were asked to re join the home group and share on respective allocated topics to the groups.Well they explain that;
Concept of inductive T/L strategy: He explain that it is more of modern ways of teaching where there is less role of teacher and even gave two type of inductive teaching that is guided and unguided. 
Purposes of inductive T/L strategy:

• For motivating students.
• Enhance class participation.
• Work as a team to achieve goals.
• Discover course content for themselves.

 Procedural/steps of inductive T/L strategy:

• Open ended phase.
• Convergent phase.
• Closure phase.
• Application phase.

 Role of teacher:

• Provide guidance.
• Demonstration.
• Coaching-only instructing by teacher ,doing by students.
• Teacher cooperate and foster cooperation in students.  

Merits and demerits of Inductive T/L strategy.
Merits:

• Can classified different types of students.
• It motivate student to participate and learn more.
• Involve  observation and inference.

Demerits:

• Time consuming.
• Minimum content coverage.
• It is frustrating to different level of student.