TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART 1 FACILITATING LEARNING 1
Learning Theories - Pavlov 2
Thorndike 3
Skinner 6
Tolman 8
Watson 11
Bandura 17
Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs 18
Dewey 20
Gardner 24
Kolb 25
Significant Concepts - Metacognition 26
Vicarious Learning 28
Looking Glass Concept 28
Lateralization of the Brain 29
Play and Its Categories 30
Gestalt Psychology 32
Pillars of Learning 37
Learning Styles 37
Concepts of Curriculum Development
Competing Paradigms:
Traditional and Progressivist 40
Types of Curriculum 42
Components of Curriculum 46
Curriculum Models-Tyler 47
Taba 48
Curriculum Design 56
PART 2 SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF EDUCATION 58
Sociological and Anthropological 59
Historical foundations of education
Social Theories of Education – Conscientious Theory 64
Conflict Theory 65
Interactionist Conceptualization 66
Social institutions and their functions 66
Role of Schools 69
Pillars of learning
Social Groups and Process 70
Culture and its Characteristics 72
Philippine Educational System 81
 Educational Laws 85
Philosophical Dimensions (Confucianism, Mencius, Taoism, Buddhism,
Hedonism) 111
Philosophies of Education (Naturalism, Idealism, Realism, Existentialism,
Essentialism, Pragmatism, Perennialism, Humanism, Progressivism,
Nationalism, Constructivism, Reconstructivism, Behaviorism,
Utilitarianism, Empiricism) 113
PART 3 ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING 120
Basic Concepts of Measurement 121
The Role and Purpose of assessment 126
Principles of High quality assessment 128
Clarity of Learning Targets 131
Qualities of Assessment Tools 133
Types of Measurement Norm and Criterion Reference 134
Mode of assessment 136
The traditional Paper and pencil test 137
The alternative or Authentic assessment approaches 138
Steps in Constructing the Test Items 142
Descriptive Statistics 153
Inferential Statistics 158
Item analysis, analyzing the level of difficulty and discrimination index 165