COURSE OUTLINE
Subject: PRINCIPLES & METHODS OF TEACHING
Professor: Dennis G. Gutierrez
Day and Time: WS 7:00 pm-8:30 PM
Number of Hours: 3 hours every week for 18 weeks or 54 hours in a
semester
Course Description
This course is designed to provide pre-service teachers with an
opportunity to acquire knowledge about the complexities of the teaching-
learning process. They will study, reflect, question and develop skills in
teaching while applying these methods in diverse classroom contexts.
They will be exposed to research about classical, contemporary, and
emerging instructional practices with the view of making them informed
decision makers and reflective practitioners.
Course Outline
Prelim
Part I: TEACHING AND LEARNING PRINCIPLES AND METHODOLOGY
Essential Questions:
1. What are the characteristics of learning? How do the principles of
learning merge with these characteristics?
2. What are the principles and conditions that facilitate learning?
3. Why is it important to have method of doing things?
4. How is method related to techniques, approaches, and strategies?
5. Research on issues related to teaching.
Part II: INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Essential Questions:
1. Define and discuss:
a. aims
b. goals
c. objectives
2. Levels of objectives:
a. program objectives
b. course objectives
c. classroom objectives
3. Formulating goals and objectives:
a. The Tyler Model
b. Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
c. General Objectives and Specific Learning Outcomes:
The Gronlund’s Model
d. Specific Objectives: The Mager’s Method
e. Performance Objectives: The Gagne’s Method
f. SOLO Taxonomy
Midterm
Part III: Instructional Methods, Approaches, & Strategies Essential
Questions:
1. What are the instructional methods?
2. What is your idea of a good question?
3. Why is it necessary to distinguish about instructional methods?
When should different approaches and strategies be used?
Part IV: ASSESSMENT METHODS AND STRATEGIES
Essential Questions:
1. What are the assessment strategies?
2. Why do teachers need to be familiar with principles in constructing
traditional and authentic forms of quality assessment?
3. Differentiate summative from formative tests.
Part V: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND DISCIPLINE
Essential Questions:
1. Why is classroom management an integral part of teaching?
2. What are some approaches to classroom management?
Part VI: GROUPING FOR INSTRUCTIONS
Essential Questions:
1. What is grouping for instruction?
2. Why is it necessary to group the students?
3. In what situation should the students be grouped?
4. Is grouping advisable for every class?
Finals
Part VII: INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Essential Questions:
1. How will you select instructional materials?
2. What are the different types of instructional materials that are
considered effective?
3. Why do we need these materials in teaching?
Part VIII: INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Essential Questions:
1. How will you define instructional technology?
2. What are some instructional technology that are being used in the
classrooms?
3. Is it important to every teacher to use instructional technology in
teaching?
Are these technology/materials effective and reliable to use?
PART IX: WRITING LESSON PLAN
Essential Questions:
1. What are the basic parts of a lesson plan?
2. What are the kinds of lesson plan?
3. Write a sample lesson plan in a specific discipline
Grading System:
Quizzes & Assignment…….…. 25%
Course Requirements………... 10%
Class Participation……………..15%
Attendance & Decorum.……....10%
Major Exam……………………. 40%
Total………………………………100%
