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Monday, January 28, 2013

Lesson:8 Teaching with Contrived Experiences

                                                    
                                               Teaching  with Contrived Experience



    These are "edited"copies of reality and are used as substitutes for real things when it is not practical or not possible to bring or do the real thing in the classroom .These contrived experience are designed to simulate to real-life situation.A model is a reproduction of a real thing in a small scale,or large scale,or exact size but made of synthetic materials.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Lesson:7 Direct Purposeful Experiences

                                                     
                                     
                                     Direct
Purposeful Experience and Beyond



    After seeing instructional materials as a whole, let us single out direct, purposeful experiences as instructional materials. This lesson we learn on how can be effectively used for instruction. All these experiences point to the need to use, whenever we can, direct, purposeful experiences in the teaching-learning process. These direct, purposeful experience referred to a first hand experiences that make up the foundation of our learning. These are the rich experiences that our senses bring from which we construct the ideas, the concepts, the generalizations that give meaning and order to our lives. They are sensory experiences.
                       These direct activities may be preparing meals, making a piece of  furniture, doing power point presentation, performing a laboratory experiment, delivering a speech, or taking a trip. It has described as purposeful because the experiences are not purely mechanical. They are not a matter of going through the motion. They are also described as purposeful because these experiences are undergone in relation to a purpose or learning. Out of the direct experience, thoughts or meanings following reflection must flow or run the risk of a lesson consisting of activity after another activity enjoyed by the learners who cannot make connection with the activities themselves. If budget on purchase of instructional materials is one of your worries, to use direct experiences as teaching material sets you free from worry.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Lesson: 6 Using and Evaluating Instructional Materials

                                      

                                     "Using and Evaluating Instructional Materials"

    Instructional materials are highly important for teaching, especially for inexperienced teachers. Teachers rely on instructional materials in every aspect of teaching. They need materials for background information on the subject they are teaching. Young teachers usually have not built up their expertise whenever they enter into the field. Teachers often use instructional materials for lesson planning.  These materials are also needed by teachers to assess the knowledge of their students. Teachers often assess students by assigning tasks, creating projects, and administering exams. Instructional materials are essential for all of these activities.

   Because students spend a significant amount of their classroom time using instructional materials and because of the large variety of available materials, both print and nonprint, it is crucial that all materials be thoroughly evaluated.

   Instructional materials shall be evaluated and selected according to specified procedures by qualified certified staff to ensure that the materials in the educational structure support the curriculum and meet the diverse needs of students. The instructional materials selected must be age and grade appropriate and must contribute to, and be aligned with, the curriculum and competencies.