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Organization of
Content
Focus Questions:
What guiding principles must be observed in the selection and organization of content?
Introduction
What knowledge is truly essential and enduring? What is worth
teaching and learning? Our leaders in the basic education level came
up with the Philippine Elementary Learning Competencies (PELCs)
and Philippine Secondary Learning Competencies (PSLCs) in 2001.
The "intended" content of what we teach is laid down in such
document. This means that we are not entirely free in the selection of
our content. They are a "given." But how they are organized and
presented in the classroom, ultimately depends on you. Here are some
principles to guide you.
Validity
Significance What we
teach should respond to
the needs and interests of
the learners, hence
meaningful and
significant.
Balance Content includes not only facts but also concepts and
values. The use of the three-level approach ensures a balance of cognitive,
psychomotor, and affective lesson content. A balanced content is something
that is not too easy to bore the above average student, neither not too
difficult to turn off the average. It is something that challenges the student.
To observe the principle of balance, no topic must be extensively discussed
at the expense of other topics.
Interest
Teacher considers
the interest of the learners, their
developmental stages and
cultural and ethnic background.
Organize units
around a few core
ideas and themes.