Principles of Teaching 1

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Guiding Principles in the
Selection & Organization
of Content
Selection &
Organization of
Content

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“There are dull teachers, dull
textbook, dull films, but nodull
subjects.”

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First Principle
1. One guiding principle related to subject
matter content is to observe the
following qualities in the selection and
organization of content:
a.) Validity
b.) Significance
c.) Balance
d.) Self-sufficiency
e.) Interest
f.) Utility
g.) Feasibility*

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Question:
Would you prefer to tackle all the topics
for the accomplishment of the syllabus
or you’ll prefer to leave the
unaccomplished lessons for the sake of
better understanding?
GRADES or LIFETIME LESSON?

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Second Principle
2. At the base of the structure of cognitive
subject matter content is facts. We can’t
do away with facts but be sure to go
beyond facts by constructing an
increasingly richer and more
sophisticated knowledge base and by
working out a process of conceptual
understanding.

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Second Principle
a.) Providing opportunities for
experimentation
b.) Presenting the ideas of others
c.) Emphasizing conceptual understanding

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Specific Strategies Organize units around a few core ideas
and themes.
 Explore each topic in depths.
 Explain how new ideas relate to students’
own experiences and things they have
previously learned.
 Show students that conceptual
understanding of subject matter is far more
important than knowledge of isolated facts.
 Ask students to teach others what they
have learned.
 Promote dialogue.
 Use authentic activities.

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Third principleSubject matter content is an integration of
cognitive, skill, and affective elements.
1. The structure of subject matter content
1.1. COGNITIVE
a.) Fact
b.) Concept
c.) Principle
d.) Hypotheses
e.) Theories
f.) Laws

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Third principle
1.2. SKILLS
a.) Manipulative Skills
b.) Thinking Skills
i. Critical Thinking (Verbal reasoning,
Argument analysis, Hypothesis
testing, Decision making)
c.) Creative Thinking (should develop
awareness, curiosity, imagination,
fluency, flexibility, originality, elaboration
& perseverance)

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1.3. ATTITUDES & VALUES
a.) Cognitive dimension
b.) Affective dimension
c.) Behavioral dimension

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Bangit, Joana Marie P.
Bayan, Melissa S.
Thank you
for listening!
God bless! 