PRINCIPLES OF INSTRUCTION

Principles of Instruction
1. Appropriateness of students’ level
2. Known to unkown
3. Near to far
4. Clarity
5. Concrete to abstract
6. Feasibility
7. In life
8. Doing
9. Whole

GRADE: Preschool
TOPIC: The Human Body
While teaching something teachers can use some of these principles together. As an example I am going to teach the human body part.


Known to Unknown, and Near to Far

 

Firstly I will teach the vocabularies of human body which students can see and touch, such as nose, eyes, mouth, teeth, hair and etc. Secondly I will teach the internal organs, such as brain, throat, heart, lung, stomach and etc. All students in preschool know their external organs also they can touch and show their external organs  as a teacher first I start to teach external organ. So that I use both known to unknown and near to far principles.
     


Clarity:



I will organize and lecture  the lesson with visual aids, such as pictures, videos, songs of the human body  for students to understand the topic better. For example; on Youtube the videos, Body Parts Song for Kids - This is ME! by ELF Learning - ELF Kids Videos and Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes - Exercise Song For Kids are both informative and entertaining.


 Clich here to listen song


Concrete to Abstract:



Abstract and concrete are classifications that denote whether the object that a term describes has physical referents.  Abstract objects have no physical referents, whereas concrete objects do. When I mention body part, I can show the concrete object like nose- smell, eyes-see and show the concrete and abstract objects together like brain-mind, heart-love,hurt,feel and etc. I will  watch the movie Inside Out with my students to understand better the abstract and concrete.

 Clich here to watch trailer




Feasibility and In life

The topic of human body is already in the life of children’s.  To use these principles I will give homework to observe their environment.For instance; students can number of the color of the eyes around their family or they can take picture of different people’s body part and take them to the class in this way students will more involved in the topic.





Doing



I can make handwork with students about body part. For example; they can draw and paint the different part of the body different colors. I can prepare a exercise, for instance; I can stand all students and give directions to  them like;

Touch your head
Roll your head around circle
Move your shoulders up and down
Raise your hand
Stretch your arms out and swing them in a circle
Bend your kness, and then stretch out your legs


Whole

At the end of the topic I can prepare a mini exam to evaluate my students’ knowledge. Also I want them to prepare a sketch or hand work about human body part.