Demonstration Strategy

In todays class, we were made to give our defination along with th advantages and disadvantages of Demonstration Strategy.
To my understanding Demonstration strategy is a teaching strategy, where students learn new knowledge and skills by following and attempting their teacher's demonstration. And its purpose is learning by seeing.

According to the whole class the following are the advantages and the disadvantages of the this strategy;
Advantages:

1. Retains long term memory
2. Encourages students active participation
3. Effective interaction
4. motivate students to learn
5. arose curosity and interest
6. effective gain of attention
7. learning by seeing
8. and it is a unique strategy

Disadvantages:

1. Time consuming
2. not appopriate to all kinds topics
3. lack in avalability of materials
4. not challenging to those who already knows
5. create dependency
6. no creative thinking

These are the points from we the students.