PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY STATE UNIVERSITY

MASINLOC CAMPUS

CHAPTER 5:
Selecting Appropriate Instructional
Materials in Teaching Music

JEFFREY N. ELAD
Instructor
 Instructional materials
➢ Instructional materials, also known as teaching/learning materials (TLM), are any collection of
materials including animate and inanimate objects and human and non-human resources that a
teacher may use in teaching and learning situations to help achieve desired learning objectives.

➢ Instructional materials may aid a student in concretizing a learning experience so as to make

learning more exciting, interesting and interactive.

➢ They are tools used in instructional activities, which include active learning and assessment. The
term encompasses all the materials and physical means an instructor might use to implement
instruction and facilitate students achievement of instructional objectives.
WHY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
IS IMPORTANT?

Increases
the
Stimulate
effectiven
interest
ess of the
teacher

Help make
Clarify the
learning
subject
more
matter
permanent
THINGS TO CONSIDER

Satisfaction Interest

Expectancy Relevance
 Traditional Instructional Materials

The usual traditional teaching aids

are blackboards, textbooks, charts,
pictures, posters, maps, atlases,
globes, flashcards, flip cards,
worksheets, Music room instruments and
materials, models, crossword puzzles,
quizzes, storytelling, dramatization, one-
act plays, dictionaries, encyclopedias,
reference books and etc.
 Modern Instructional Materials

Computers, internet, surfing. Laptops,

electronic notebooks, e-readers, computer
educational games, online dictionaries,
online encyclopedias, talking dictionaries,
online tests, online e-books, audio-video
teaching aids for learning, PowerPoint slides
presentations, and games.
 Audio
➢ Materials on which sounds (only) are stored (recorded) and can be reproduced
(played back) mechanically, electronically, or both. These materials include
audiocassettes, audio cartridges, audio discs, audio reels, talking books, and
other sound recordings.

➢ An audio media is a form of media communication that uses audio or voice

recording as a medium in the delivery of information.

➢ Audio- media are materials or sounds that are transmitted, produced or received through high fidelity waves that
are heard through certain equipment. It is the recording, transmission, reception, and reproduction of sound used
for communication, information dissemination, and entertainment. The materials are light and usually portable and
easily duplicated or replaced. May refer to analog tape cassettes and digital CDs as well as to computer files
containing audio in any number of digital formats.

All the various systems whereby straightforward audio material can be played to a class, group or individual
EXAMPLE: Songs
 Audio Visual Materials
Audio Visual Materials are important to all circle of learning that start from the lowest to the highest,
including informal education that starts at home and then the nursery, primary, secondary, tertiary
and University. So AVMs are recognized and accepted as essential means of increasing the
effectiveness of teaching, learning and research purpose.

Types of Audio Visual Materials: Broadly Audio Visual Materials are three types.

1. Auditory Materials: Auditory means of or relating to the hearing. This include: Recordings, Tele-
lecture, Radio, Sound Films, Telephone, etc.
2. Visual Materials: Visual Materials are those materials which we see and can be understood by
observing the visual aspect of any object. They include: Projected materials- slide, film-strips, film,
Illustrated books, Chart, Picture, Maps, Globes, Atlas, Poster, Models, Drownings, Cartoons, etc.
3. Audio Visual Materials: Audio Visual Materials are the combination of Auditory and visual
materials. This may includes: Television, Film, Motion Picture, Video tapes, Printed materials with
recorded sound, Demonstration.
 Educational Software
➢ Education software is computer software with the primary purpose of teaching or self-learning.
➢ Education software constituents of the identity of a school as they could deliver all.
➢ Educational software is developed to boost education and training in schools and other educational
institutions.

The Relevance Of Educational Software

More and more educational software organizations, both online and

offline are coming up to help fill a need for more personalized, interactive
educational experiences for students and teachers alike. There are
numerous benefits to these systems and, most importantly, education
software is a cost-efficient solution for educational organizations that want
to manage information and data regarding their students in an organized
way.
 Educational Games
There are several educational gaming software available. Education software companies combined
gaming and education into one. This kind of software is very effective for younger children since it
motivates them to learn.
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“Technology is just a tool. In
terms of getting the kids
working together and
motivating them, the teacher
is still the most important.”

-Bill Gates