Selection and Preparation of Instructional Materials

Marriane Tentativa

Instructional Materials

Educational resources are used to improve student's knowledge, abilities and skills, to monitor their assimilation of information, and to contribute to their overall development and upbringing.

The appropriateness of instructional materials must be judged from the perspective of the student learner rather than

the teacher's perspective.

Values and Importance of Instructional Materials

1. To help clarify important concepts. 2. To arouse and sustain student’s interests.

3. To give all students in a class the opportunity to share experiences necessary for new learning.

4. To help make learning more permanent.

Criteria For Selection of Instructional Materials

Appropriateness

AuthenticityInterestOrganizationCost

Basic Guidelines in the Use of Instructional Materials

1. Selecting the materials.2. Preparing the class for the

audiovisual materials.3. Guiding the pupils through the

audiovisual experience.4. Following up the audiovisual

experience after its completion.

Roles of Instructional Materials in the Different Modes of

Teaching/Learning• Mass Instruction • Individualized Learning

Kinds of Instructional Materials

I. Printed Materials A. Textbooks B.

SupplementalMaterials

II. Audio Aids A. Radio B. Phonograph C. Tape Recorders

Kinds of Instructional Materials

III. Visual AidsA. Chalkboard B. Still Pictures1. Non-projected a. photographs b. illustrations 2. Projected a. Slides b. Filmstripsc. Opaque projections

d. Overhead Projectionse. LCD projections C. Graphic Materials 1. Charts 2. Graphs 3. Maps and Globes 4. Posters

Kinds of Instructional Materials

D. Exhibits 1. School-made displays

2. Bulletin boards 3. Museums

E. Flannel board and Felt board. F. Objects 1. Specimens

2. Realias3. Models