Organization of

Content
Knowledge
Hello!

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Content
Content is defined as “Information to
be learned in school, another term for
knowledge (a collection of facts,
concepts, generalization, principles,
theories)”

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Purpose of Content
• help organize materials
• help a sequential relationship of material
• present material basic to a general
understanding of a course.
• furnish a source of valuable information.
• present application

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Content
Knowledge
“ Content knowledge refers to the body of
knowledge and information that teachers
teach and that students are expected to
learn in a given subject or content area.

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Analyzing
Content
Content Analysis
Refers
￮ . to the approach that
quantify qualitative information
by systematically sorting and
comparing items of information
in order to summarize them.

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Selecting Content
￮ United with the goals and objectives of the
basic education curriculum.
￮ Responds to the needs of the learner.
￮ Includes cognitive skill and affective
elements.
￮ Fully and deeply covers the essential to avoid
the “mile-wide and-inch-deep” impression.
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Selecting Content
￮ That is of use to the learners.
￮ That is practical and achievable.
￮ Facts are basic in the structure of cognitive
subject matter.
￮ Subject matter content integrates the
cognitive, skill, and affective components

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Criteria in Content Selection
Self Sufficiency
￮ helping the learners to attain
maximum self sufficiency in
learning but in the most
economical manner.

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Criteria in Content Selection
Economy
￮ less teaching effort and
educational resources, less
learner’s effort but more results
and effective learning outcomes.

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Criteria in Content Selection
Significance
￮ content or subject matter will contribute to basic
ideas, concepts, principles, and generalization to
achieve the over all aim of the curriculum.
￮ develop learning abilities, skills, processes and
attitude
￮ develop the cognitive, effective and psychomotor
skills of the learners
￮ cultural aspects will be considered
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Criteria in Content Selection
Relevance to Life
￮ learning experience must be
related to the learner’s real life
situations in and out of school

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Criteria in Content Selection
Suitability
￮ learning experiences must be
suitable to the learners present
state of learning and
characteristics

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Criteria in Content Selection
Validity
￮ it relates to the authenticity of
the content selected.

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Criteria in Content Selection
Interest
￮ the content should suit the
personality and intellectual
capabilities of the students.

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Criteria in Content Selection
Utility
￮ it is concerned with the
usefulness of the content

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Criteria in Content Selection
Feasibility
￮ compels the planners to analyze
and examine the content in the
light of the time and resources
available to the students, costs
involved, sociopolitical climate
etc.
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Organizing
Content
Sequencing
￮ putting the content and materials
into some sort of order of
succession.

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Continuity
￮ content should provide
continuity n learning and prevent
loss through forgetting.

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Integration
￮ Learning is effective when facts
and principles from one field can
be related to another.

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Unit Plan
Designing
CARACTERISTIC OF UNIT PLAN
• Effectively in terms of whole rather than fraction
• Developmental & therefore provide for vertical & horizontal
organization of learning experience
• Effective when is an understanding and acceptance of goal to
be achieved & there is full and free participation in planning for
the attainment of those goals.
• Necessity for providing for individual differences in rates of
learning & interests.
• Unit planning recognizes that true learning renders the
learners increasingly skill in self directions.
• Unit planning provides sound basis for evaluation.
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Adopt unit plans to create connections for your students. 

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Diversify your instructional approach to help meet the
needs of more students

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Plan for longer periods of time so you're
forced to pace yourself.

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Map units to provide yourself with clear guidelines.

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ESSENTIAL ACTIVITIES OF UNIT PLAN

• Selection & statement of objectives

• Selection of type of unit to be used
• Selection of learning situations
• Selection of knowledge component
• Selection of the organizing centres-
learning & teaching activities
• Selection of methods of evaluation
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 Unit Plans – Benefits
￮ For Teachers: Help bridge gap
For Students: The components
between long-term planning and
(goals, objective, content, activities)
daily lesson plans.
are tied together in a logical
coherent manner, providing
structure for the new material to be
learned.
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