1.

Being a new teacher or to be in the Department of Education, and as a

facilitator in a class of heterogeneous group, define and explain the
importance of construction, utilization, and evaluation of instructional
materials (IMs).

As a teacher, I am aware that my students are unique individuals and there

are important factors to be considered in constructing an effective instructional
material. Materials intended for student use should be appropriate for the subject
area and for the age, social development, ability levels, special needs, and learning
styles of students served by the collection.

Well, we all know that Teachers at all levels utilize a variety of instructional
materials such as textbooks, presentations and handouts to enhance the quality
of their lessons. The quality of those materials directly impacts the quality of
teaching. Knowing how to find the best instructional materials is a valuable skill for
a teacher to have.

The importance of Instructional Materials or Educational resources is to

improve students’ knowledge, abilities, and skills, to monitor their assimilation of
information, and to contribute to their overall development and upbringing. It also
clarifies important concepts to arouse and sustain
student’s interests give all students in a class the opportunity to share experiences
necessary for new learning, help make learning more permanent.

In the construction of Instructional Materials, it’s always important to

consider the learning levels of the students. It should jibe also with the objectives
you have with your lesson plan and the resources available with you (as a teacher,
you must be resourceful enough and make use of the available materials with you).
When it comes to the utilization, you as a teacher must know how to make use of
the instructional materials you prepared. If it is a video clip, you must check if it has
no problem and it plays well together with the speaker and player you have. Check
 for the technical problems that might occur as you play the video, and as a 21st
century teacher, you must be techy enough to solve the possible problems in the
technology you’re using. At the end of the day, assess yourself and the
instructional materials if it’s effective in accomplishing the targets set in your
objectives, if it’s not, then try to figure out the faults and areas where problem
occurred. It is always important to assess yourself everyday, not just with the
instructional materials you have, but also yourself – as the best and most influential
instructional material in education.

2. You are now in a classroom setting; do you agree to have different

approaches for a different talent of learners to be used in teaching learning
situation? Explain and defend your idea.

Every child is different – individual differences do exist. Learners learn in

different ways according to their pace. Just like how each teacher teach, they have
their own teaching strategies. I believe that using varied teaching approaches to
your class is crucial for the learning of the students. Each teacher has their
particular style but then so do most students. The problems develop when teachers
and students don’t match. You may have noticed that even your own children learn
differently than you do causing you to question why they’re not as interested or not
“catching on” the same way you did at their age.

Your student will most likely not possess one style exclusively, but you may
be able to see patterns in their learning preferences. For example, a student who
is visual may also be a very social and verbal learner and prefers to learn especially
difficult topics using their primary skills.

Understanding how your student learns is perhaps one of the most

important tasks a parent can undergo while homeschooling. Another is learning
how to provide opportunities for learning using these identified learning
preferences. You can use your preferred learning style as your main mode of
teaching and if students do not share those same preferences then learning can
be very difficult and frustrating.

As a kindergarten teacher, it is important for me to understand those

differences to maximize my students’ learning potential. It is just as important for
all parents and teachers to do the same. Watch your children and students. Listen
to what they want and their interests. Compare the differences between how they
learn Aurally and Visually as well as the other styles. Compare how they interact
with others while learning in a group or by themselves. Each observation will bring
each teacher closer to understanding their special gifts and will reveal to you more
effective ways to teach them using their preferred learning styles.

No student is exclusively one style or another and most utilize a variety of

modalities when learning. It is important to expand their abilities to use as many
learning styles as possible, helping them to succeed in a world where how one
learns often means nothing and only the ability to learn has value.

3. If you are given a chance to demonstrate in a Division /District Echo

Training Workshop in one of the learning areas like Mathematics Grade I,
in second quarter, and you are given one day preparation.

3.1. What are the steps you are going to consider?

In preparing for a teaching Demo, the usual things I do to minimize

faults or nervousness in doing so is to follow these steps and get
ready. Here are the steps:

1. Master the content. Make use of the early notice to ensure that you
familiarize yourself with the topic you are going to demo. If you’re
lucky, you’ll be assigned with a topic which you are very familiar with.
 The topic would be extremely familiar to you if you’d studied,
researched, and written about it. Familiarity with the topic is
extremely important because it will boost your confidence as you
prepare for and deliver your demonstration.

So, make sure you know everything you need to know about that
topic. Having said that, you need to remember that the observer or
evaluator do not need to know everything you know. Your job is to
cover the topic(s) that they need to know to help them achieve the
lesson or course objectives.

2. Content Structure. Once you feel confident with your mastery of the
topic that you’ll need to teach, it is time to begin creating an outline
for what you need to include in your demo. Remember that you only
have a few minutes to perform your teaching demo, so you need to
be very selective about what you cover. As I stated earlier, your job
is not to teach everything you know, but merely what your students
or observer needs to know about that topic in the allotted time.
When planning your outline, you should include the following
three things:
An Overview: The purpose of the overview is to lay the
foundation for what students should expect to learn and why. It
figuratively sets the stage for the topic you are about to present, and
it should include the following:
Content: This is the heart of your topic and what you’ll
cover during the demo. Your content should be concise but
informative and engaging. You may be asked to explain a concept,
a definition, or illustrate how something works. Use the overview
outline in the previous step to help you develop your content.
 3. Visual Aids. When planning your teaching demo, identify the visual
aids that will be provided to you by the hiring committee, if any, and
determine which of them would best help you cover the content that
you plan on presenting.

3.2. What are the possible teaching learning instructional materials

you are going to prepare?

Good and effective instructional materials in doing a teaching

demonstration in Mathematics I are the manipulative ones using
popsicles for counting and doing basic addition and subtraction. In
teaching Grade I pupils in Mathematics, it is important that the
students will have the direct experience in which they will be involved
and participate in doing such activities or even the simple problem
solving. Charts and any images that will represent the count numbers
are of big use to help the learners familiarize the basic addition and
subtraction with ease. I guess, no matter how presentable and
appropriate your Instructional materials are, you as a teacher should
always keep in mind the impact of using it to your pupils, not just to
show them the way how to do a specific task, but instilling to them
the importance of it that would directly affect their lives – it would be
unforgettable to them in which they won’t forget what you taught
them.

3.3. Are you going to apply the principles in the selection and
preparation of IMs?

Of course, yes. If you don’t apply it, then you’re just like
wasting your time or you’re just proving that the use of instructional
materials is just for completion, not for the students. The instructional
aid theory has been the proof in which it serves as the basis of these
 principles. I personally agree to this theory as it explains well how
human brain works and reacts to every communication during a
communicative process. These principles would serve as a guide to
be an effective teacher and help your students understand and retain
the information you have given them. It will be this effective if you’re
going to apply it yourself. It leads the learners in the direction of the
learning outcomes you set with your learning objective. In return, it
will make you a satisfied teacher when you’ll realize that you have
applied and appropriately followed what was stated.

4. As a learner, we must understand and show commitment to our learning

institution by stating the new Vision and Mission.

VISION

A premier Polytechnic State University

MISSION

To strengthen its dominance as an educational institution by producing

highly skilled, competent, and world-class seafarers, engineers, teachers,
technologists, and professionals in the allied programs, who are responsible for
the fulfillment of the needs of the stakeholders and the goals of national
development and ASEAM integration, and the attainment of a good quality of life
with the guidance and providence of God.