Guiding Principles in the use of Instructional Materials

I.

Instructional Materials-

A.

Definition
all materials that are designed for use by pupils and their teachers as a
learning resource and help pupils to acquire facts, skills, or opinions
or to develop cognitive processes. Instructional materials may be
printed or non-printed, and may include textbooks, technology-based
materials, other educational materials, and tests.
These instructional materials could include power point presentations
(visual aids), books, articles, materials for project development

B.

Roles of Instructional Material

Delivery vehicles for instructional lessons or in a constructivist way as
partners in the learning process.
It helps the learner build more meaningful personal interpretations of
life and his/her world.
Serves as a medium in representing what the learner knows and what
he/she is learning.

II. The Various Roles of Instructional Materials in the Different Modes of

Teaching/Learning
A. Mass Instruction
- IM role is generally supportive, with the main vehicle of instruction
being the teacher or trainer in control of the class.
(e.g. the use of visual aids, handouts or worksheets in a lecture or
taught lesson, video or multimedia presentations)
B. Individualized Learning
- the materials themselves constitute the vehicle whereby instruction
takes place. Thus, it is particularly important that such materials
should be designed and produced with the greatest case, for, if they
are not, the system could (at best) fail to achieve all its instructional
objectives and (at worst) break down completely
C. Group Learning
III

IMs are made to comply with the following requirements:

Functional
Economic
Biotechnological
Safety
Aesthetic
Hygienic Requirements

IV. Types of Instructional Materials

1. Printed and Duplicated Materials
-includes scientific, scholarly, reference, and methodological
teaching aids, as well as
textbooks, books of problems and
exercises, books for recording scientific observations, laboratory
manuals, manuals for production training, and programmed
textbooks.
2. Non-Projected Display Materials
-type of instructional materials includes such objects and
phenomena as minerals, rocks, raw materials, semi-finished and
finished manufactured articles, and plant and animal specimens.
3. Still Projected Display Materials
-type of educational materials, that of representations of actual
objects and phenomena, includes three- dimensional materials
(castings, globes, and experimental models), two-dimensional
materials (charts, pictures, photographs, maps, diagrams, and

drawings), and audiovisual materials (motion pictures, film clips,

filmstrips, slide sequences, transparencies, records and tape
recordings, and radio and television broadcasts)
4. Technological Instructional Media
- systems, devices, and apparatus that present and adapt
information during the teaching process in order to improve the
processs effectiveness
V. Using and Evaluating of IM
A. Guideline Questions

Do the materials give a true picture of the ideas they present?

Do the materials contribute meaningful content to the topic under study?

Is the material appropriate for the age, intelligence, and experience of the learner?
Is the physical condition of the material satisfactory?
Is there a teachers guide to provide a briefing for effective use?
Can the materials in question help to make students better thinkers and develop their critical faculties?
Is the material worth the time, expense and effort involved?

B. The proper Use of Materials

Prepare yourself ( know the lesson objectives/s)

Prepare your student (set the class expectations and learning goals)

Present the material (rehearse and carefully planned performance)

Follow up
C. Guideline principles

1. Instructional materials support the goals and objectives of the course or

program.
2. Instructional Materials enriched the curriculum
3. Instructional materials are aligned with the needs of the curriculum
4. Instructional materials helped in the achievement of the content standard
5. Students varied interest, abilities and maturity levels were taken into
consideration when the
choice of Instructional Materials was made.
6. Instructional materials stimulate growth of learning in theories and skills
7. Instructional materials provide a background of information that will
enable students to make
intelligent decisions in their lives
8. Instructional materials engage the students in active learning
9. Instructional materials helped students to become lifelong learners.
10. Instructional materials used in the classroom promote interactive teacherstudent learning