ISC 3701 Instructional Studies in Context Assignment 2

Contents Question 1.................................................................................................................................................... 2 1. You have learned that instruction and teaching are different. In your understanding how are they different? Write the key difference in these concepts and provide practical examples. ........................ 2 2. Good teaching in normally loosely defined, as student in education field describe to someone who is not in the field of education, what ‘good teaching’ is? ........................................................................ 2 3. Explain why teaching is about making responsible decisions for learning. Give examples. ............ 2 4. Why is it important that as teachers in Africa, we have a good understanding of African teaching perspectives? ........................................................................................................................................... 2 5. What aspects of African-based teaching can you integrate into your own teaching philosophy?.. 3 6. Complete the following table........................................................................................................... 3 7. Write down your own positive and negative experiences of direct instruction as a teacher and as a learner in a table like this:..................................................................................................................... 4 8. We have dealt with a number of models in this module explain the following models.................. 5 8.1 THE ADDIE MODEL ................................................................................................................... 5 8.2 THE ID4T INSTRUCTION MODEL ............................................................................................... 5 8.3 What is your opinion of determining the outcomes before you have taught the lesson? ...... 6 8.4 What is an advantage of doing this? ........................................................................................ 6 9. Choose one of the following models: Merrill’s five principles; Gagne’s nine learning events or the Dick and Carey model. If you were the principal of a school, which one would you prescribe for teachers to use in their lesson planning. What are your reasons for choosing this model? .................................. 6 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................. 7