This document outlines principles of effective instruction, emphasizing the importance of context, focus, socialization, individualization, sequence, and evaluation in the learning process. Each principle is described with examples of degrees of excellence, indicating how educational strategies can vary in effectiveness. Overall, meaningful learning is characterized by social interaction, purposeful focus, individualized approaches, and structured sequences, supported by thorough evaluation methods.
Principle of Context
-Nolearning is without context
- The context must exemplify the
meaning involved in learning
3.
What makes agood context?
• Interaction
• Concrete Experience
• “Pauca precepta, multa exempla”
Simple Concept
Many examples
4.
Degrees of Excellence
•1. Textbook only
• 2. Textbook together with supplementary
academic readings.
• 3. Non-academic and current materials
(magazines, newspapers, flyers, etc.)
• 4. Graphic materials
• 5. Demonstrations, field trips, visit and
presentation by experts
• 6. Personal, social or community undertakings
exposure program either in school or out.
6.
Principle of Focus
•Meaningful and effective learning
must be organized about a focus
7.
What makes agood focus?
• Purpose
• Form and Unity
• A Quest for Insight
8.
Degree of Excellence
•1. Learner’s task is defined by page assignments,
exercise completion, etc.
• 2. Focus established by announced topic,
together with page or chapter references, etc.
More varied and extensive but still an
information-getting and memorizing process.
• 3. Focus established by setting up broad concept
to be comprehended or problem to be solved.
• 4. Focus established as a concept to be
understood, a problem to be solved, or a skill to
be acquired to carry out a task.
Principle of Socialization
•Meaningfulness and effectiveness of learning
depends to an extent upon the social setting
• Very little of the best learning happens in
complete solitude
11.
What makes agood socialization?
• Social Facilitation
• Incentives
• Democracy
12.
Degrees of Excellence
•1. Socialization characterized by submission;
there is imposed discipline and the group’s
function is to respond to authority.
• 2. Socialization characterized by contribution.
Group members may raise questions,
suggestions, violent reactions. Discipline is still
imposed but sympathetic.
• 3. Socialization characterized by cooperation;
there is a common undertaking where everyone
shares responsibility. Discipline is self-generated.
What makes agood individualization?
• Acknowledging differences:
• 1. Vertical differences – IQ, mental age,
mental readiness, physical differences
• 2. Qualitative differences – special abilities,
aptitudes and interests, methods of working
16.
Degrees of Excellence
•1. Uniform tasks on uniform schedule. Individualization
shows up only in performance and results.
• 2. Homogenous groupings based on IQ, MA, EA.
Individualization by grouping.
• 3. Contract plans on two or more levels; more choices
than number 2.
• 4. Individual instruction.
• 5. Large units with optional related activities and
experiences.
• 6. Individual undertakings coming from and
contributing to the joint undertaking of the group of
learners.
18.
Principle of Sequence
•The sequence of meaningful
learning must be
meaningful itself to obtain
authentic results.
• Sequence of Learning =
Mental Growth
19.
What makes agood sequence?
• Growth as something continuous
• Growth dependent on purpose
• Growth dependent on emergence of meaning
• Growth as evolution from immediate to
remote
• Growth as movement from concrete to
symbolic
• Growth as movement from crude to
discriminating
• Growth as Process of Transformation
20.
Degrees of Excellence
•1. Sequential blocks of content. Additive
accumulation of knowledge and skill.
• 2. Learning is knit together by introductions,
previews, pretests, ec.
• 3. Sequence is organized according to
readiness.
• 4. Sequence is organized in terms of lines of
emerging meaning.
22.
Principle of Evaluation
•The effectiveness of any job of learning is
heightened by a valid and discriminating
appraisal of all its aspects.
23.
What makes agood evaluation?
• Evaluation and
Direct Results
• Evaluation and
Transfer
• Direct
Evaluation of
the Learning
Process
24.
Degrees of Excellence
•1. Evaluation on results only
• 2. Evaluation on results with some attention
paid to process
• 3. Evaluation on total learning process,
including results.