AN INDIVIDUAL

TEACHING UNIT

As soon as a course syllabus has been

prepared, the next important task of a
teacher is how to develop an individual
teaching unit in detail. A teaching unit is
a block of study consisting of major
concepts which are arrived at through
planned learning activities. Like any
teaching aid, it requires careful planning
as to the major ideas to be presented
and the desired abilities or skills to be
acquired.

 A format in developing a
single unit follows:
Unit Title.
State what the unit is about,
including its scope and coverage.

Relevance of the Unit.

Relate the unit to the present
needs of the students and their
environment.

Concepts Included.
Enumerate all the main concepts
and ideas to be developed. This
section, serves as a guide in
developing the learning activities to
be performed.

Background Knowledge
Needed.
State the information that
should have been learned
before undertaking this unit.
This shows that the students
are prepared to tackle the
present unit.

Instructional Objectives
State the objectives in
behavioral norms. Such
objective in terms of
knowledge and skills must
be observable and
measurable.

Suggested Activities.
Suggest a variety of learning
activities such as those that could be
performed in the laboratory, in the
classroom or out in the environment .
They may be in the form of simple
investigations, viewing audiovisuals,
or listening to lectures. Discussions,
and reports and constructing projects
reveal strong interests in the concept.

Summary / Conclusions.
End the unit with
conclusions and
generalizations learned.

Unit Evaluation.
A number of techniques could
assess their learning such as
written tests, oral discussion,
written reports, simple
research, projects and other
creative products and journals.

References.
Include the rich sources of
information other than the
textbooks being used, such as
science magazines, historical
articles, literacy pieces, journals,
and other reading materials
available in the learning resources
center.

Materials Needed.
Include the equipment and
tools to be used. List the
materials that will be needed,
both those available in the
learning resource center and
those that must be brought to
class.

Additional Investigations.
For fast learners or for
student with special interests,
additional activities may be
suggested. For those who fail in
performing the usual tasks,
include activities fro
remediation or reinforcement.