Selection and Organization of Content

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Selection and Organization of Content

• Eddelyn D. Gupeteo
• Principles of Teaching 1

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Guiding Principles in the selection
Organization of Content

• 1. Observe the ff. qualities in the selection and
  organization of content
• Validity
• Significance
• Balance
• Self-sufficiency
• Interest
• Utility
• Feasibility

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• 2. At the base of the structure of cognitive
  subject matter content is facts. We cant 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
  process of conceptual understanding

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• 3. Subject matter content is an integration of
  cognitive, skill and affective elements.
• COGNITIVE
• Fact
• Concept
• Principle
• Hypotheses
• Theories
• laws

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Skills

• Thinking Skills
• Divergent
• Convergent
• Problem solving
• Algorithm
• Heuristic
• Metaphoric
• Critical
• Verbal reasoning
• Argument analysis
• Hypothesis testing
• Decision making

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• Thinking skills
• Creative
• Awareness
• Curiosity
• Imagination
• Fluency
• Flexibility
• Originality
• Elaboration
• perseverance
• manipulative

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• affective

skills
cognitive
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Attitudes and values

• Values are the apex of the triangle
• It is the teaching of values that teaching of
  facts, skills and concepts become connected to
  the life of students, thus acquiring meaning