MODULE 4:

TEACHING APPROACHES

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I. SESSION 1: DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION

Pre-Test

Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if otherwise incorrect.

FALSE1. Gifted learners can only be catered fully if not mixed in a regular class.
TRUE2. Diversity of learners refer to difference in terms of gender, race, nationality
and culture.
TRUE3. Communicating with parents and families is one way of knowing the diversity
of learners within your care.
TRUE4. A learner having a chronic illness can be considered as a learner in difficult
circumstances.
TRUE5. Responding to the strengths, needs and learning preferences of individual
students helps create an inclusive learning experiences.
TRUE6. IP learners learn best when taught in a contextualized manner.
TRUE7. One-size-fits-all approach is possible in addressing diversity of learners.
TRUE8. Differentiated Instruction (DI) is the one of the many ways of addressing
diversity of learners.
TRUE9. Teachers can turn learner diversity into an asset by capitalizing on their
different talents, interests and backgrounds.
TRUE10. Gender sensitivity is very important in dealing with diverse learners.

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Reflection

1.What teaching strategies did you learn from Module 4 that would help you organize or
develop teaching-learning activities for these various groups of learners?

Dealing with learners of varied gender, needs, strengths, interests and

experiences pose a great challenge for teachers. As teachers, we need to make
learning relevant, authentic and valuable.

Students differ a lot in their motivation, prior knowledge and skills, learning
styles, multiple intelligences, interests and backgrounds. To tap each student’s
potential, we need to value each student as an individual capable of making
progress. Embracing learner diversity is therefore an important direction in
school-based curriculum development.

2. Were you able to adequately address the diverse needs of these learners?

Yes.

3. What are the needs to be improved professionally to deal with diverse learners?

To effectively meet the learning needs of students, we, teachers must begin
with an understanding of the needs of the learners, both collectively as a classroom
unit and as individual students. Students often know which ways of learning are
most effective for them and what things get in the way of their success.

To ensure effective learning for all students in the classroom, as teachers,

we need to develop sensitivity to individual students’ needs and respond to them
by flexibly adapting their teaching strategies and content.

4. What is your realization on the importance of knowing and providing variation in

learning opportunities?

I can develop such sensitivity through analyzing different sources of

information (classroom observations, assessments, portfolios, learner profiles, etc.)
to find out how each student learns and design an appropriate curriculum for them.
With a good grasp of students’ characteristics, we can turn learner diversity
into an asset by capitalizing on their different talents, interests and backgrounds
brought to the classroom setting. For instance, students can make unique
contributions by playing different roles or doing different tasks inside and outside
the classroom. Because of this, we can give our students opportunities to develop
their potential (Chan, ND).

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5. Share what you feel and think after finishing this lesson by completing the following
statements.

My knowledge in understanding diversity of learners and their learning needs

will help me to know that learners have opposed teaching about different cultures,
religions, etc in schools. Having diversity in the classroom not only helps children
learn and think differently, but also prepares them for the real world and interacting
with those of different cultures in the workplace and in daily life.I find the lesson
quite challenging because we are dealing with different cultures, beliefs and simply
different learners. It is really our job as a teacher to become fair to our learners.
Through these we can cater them equally.

Post-Test

Read the items carefully. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and write FALSE if not
and modify the statement to make it correct.

TRUE1. Gifted learners can only be catered fully if not mixed in a regular
class.
TRUE2. Diversity of learners refer to difference in terms of gender, race, and
culture.
TRUE3. Communicating with parents and families is one way of knowing the
diversity of learners within your care.
TRUE4. A learner having a chronic illness can be considered as a learner in
difficult circumstances.
TRUE5. Responding to the strengths, needs and learning preferences of
individual students helps create an inclusive learning experiences
TRUE6. IP learners learn best when taught in a contextualized manner.
FALSE7. One-size-fits-all approach is possible in addressing diversity of
learners.
TRUE8. Differentiated Instruction (DI) is the one of the many ways of
addressing diversity of learners.
TRUE9. Teachers can turn learner diversity into an asset by capitalizing on
their different talents, interests and backgrounds.
TRUE 10. Gender sensitivity is very important in dealing with diverse learners.

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II. SESSION 2: EXPLICIT TEACHING

Pretest:
Identify whether the given statements are true or not on explicit teaching. Write F
for fact and B for bluff.

F 1. In explicit teaching, there is a need for the teacher to model the behavior to the
students.
F 2. Teachers should be specific and direct enough to make learning accessible to all
students in the class.
F 3. In explicit teaching, the students restate the lesson objectives back to the teacher
in their own words.
F 4. The teacher presents the steps both orally and visually to meet needs of learners.
F 5. The teacher explains what the task is, why it is important, and add to it, why it is
done.
B 6. The teacher may use a visual model to demonstrate a concept being taught when
necessary.
B 7. Explicit teaching is teacher-centered.
B 8. Students practice different kinds of problems during the guided practice time.
B 9. Students are deprived of working or completing the task independently.
B 10. The assessment of student performance in explicit teaching must be done formally.

Reflection

Answer the following:

1. Based on your learning experience, what are your realizations? Fill in the needed
information below which you want to stop doing, start doing and continue doing:

Stop Doing Start Doing Continue Doing

Im goin Pass my

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III.SESSION 3: 21ST CENTURY TEACHING
Desired Learning Outcomes

Pre-Test
Identify the key stage of learners (K-3, 4-6, 7-10, 11-12) during which the following
characteristics are demonstrated. Write the key learning stage opposite the given
characteristics.

Characteristics of Learners Key Learning Stage

( K to 3; 4 to 6; 7 to
10 and 11 to 12)

1.Enjoy long periods of free play. K to 3

2.Enjoy new materials and equipment. K to 3

3.Can play and carry out projects with adult K to 3

support.

4.Enjoy physical activities that master specific 4 to 6

skills.

5.Have a growing desire to assert individuality 4 to 6

and independence.

6.Developing strong interest, hobbies and 4 to 6

collection.

7.Experiencing the beginning of puberty. 7 to 10

8.Depend on their peer group to develop 7 to 10

identity.

9.Can plan ahead and organize tasks with little 7 to 10

or no guidance from adults.

10. Beginning to think about their future life 11 to 12

roles.

11. Have a strong desire to assert individuality 11 to 12

and independence.

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Identify the 21st century skills that must be possessed by your learners in any key
learning stage. Write your answers opposite each number.

21st Century
Skills
1.The learners are engaged in problem-solving Critical
activities and conducts research Thinking-and-
Doing
2.The learners analyse data and introduce project Critical
plans Thinking-and-
Doing
3.The learners uses knowledge to create products Creativity
and processes

4.They try to do the task assigned in cooperation Collaboration

with other members of the group

5.Solicits consensus to arrive at a unique solution Cross-cultural

to the problem and encourages communitybuilding Understanding
practices

6.Able to work with a variety of individuals across Cross-cultural

diverse ethnic groups Understanding

7.Has a knowledge of organizational cultures and Cross-cultural

respects individual beliefs Understanding

8.Has the ability to convey information and Communication

messages in a manner that can be easily
understood by the majority

9.Uses all kinds of media effectively without Computing / ICT

compromising the rights of others Literacy

10. Effectively using all sorts electronic information Computing / ICT

and knowledge tools to gather data before making Literacy
conclusions

11. Able to manage change in the workplace Career and

Learning Self-
Reliance
12. Has the eagerness to continue learning beyond Career and
what is discussed in the classroom and shows Learning Self-
interest in a certain discipline as a career in the Reliance
future.

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 Reflection

1. As a newly-hired teacher, how does the session help you to become a responsive
teacher to the needs of your learners?

Every teacher knows, a lot more what is happening in this seemingly simple
classroom scene than meets the eye. Delivering instruction is effectively takes
planning and skill. And striving to do so all day, every day, for every child, is one of
the great challenges of teaching—especially in the midst of the rapid technological,
economic, political, and social change that defines the 21st century.

As a newly-hired teacher, I can make every session interesting and enjoyable

through the use of technology. As we are part of the technology era. Our students
will appreciate it and pays interest on it if we do so.

2. How did the session help you in integrating a 21st century skill in your DLP?

To be successful in the 21st century, students must be able to work without

supervision, in diverse groups, and be productive members of society. Project learning
with technology increases students capacity for self-directed learning, collaboration,
and social interaction.

Collaborating on technology projects encourages students to become self-

directed learners and builds leadership, responsibility, as well as social and
cultural-awareness.

3. How does the session help you as a newly-hired teacher manage better the individual
differences your learners?

A greater need to know my students and their mindsets. There

seems to be a greater social dichotomy in student willingness to accept the value
of education and I need to understand and work with that difference to be
effective.

A greater need to understand how they go about learning in a world where

information, both good and bad, is so readily available.

A greater need to be creative in developing curriculum that has value in and

of itself to as many students as possible

A greater need to develop meaningful professional relationships with

students to gain the trust in my expertise that they are less ready to give
automatically.

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 4. Which of the skills discussed are you comfortable in teaching given your current level
of professional development?

A professional educator is always learning and growing their craft. They are on
an endless journey where they are always looking for new ideas or teaching
strategies, ways to improve their skills, or new information that will help their
students to succeed.

It takes a lot of hard work and effort to be a professional educator. It takes time
to go to conferences and serve on committees. It requires effort to go that extra mile
for the students who need it, and it takes patience to continually grow and truly
understand your craft as a teacher.

5. Which skill do you find challenging to teach?

Critical Thinking, which Teachers are tasked with solving a variety of

problems, often under a tight deadline. They answer difficult questions from
students on the spot, solve conflicts between students, revise lesson plans, and
deal with issues among colleagues. A good teacher knows what resources to use to
solve these kinds of questions quickly and effectively.

Teachers have to juggle a number of tasks, from teaching to attending

meetings, lesson planning, and grading. Getting all of it done in a timely manner
requires excellent physical organization and time management.

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IV. SESSION 4: DAILY LESSON LOGS

Pretest: Identifying the parts of the DLL and DLP.

As a beginning teacher/proficient teacher, it is necessary for you to be able to
identify the parts of a lesson plan. Read the description below then write your
answer on the space provided.

____________________1. This part of the DLL and DLP includes content

knowledge and competencies

____________________2. This part of the DLL and DLP refers to the learning area-
based facts, concepts, and procedures that students need to learn.

____________________3. It pertains to the particular content that the lesson

focuses on.
____________________4. The knowledge, skills, and attitudes that students need to
demonstrate in a lesson.

____________________ 5. This part of the DLL and DLP asks teachers to log the
references and that the teacher will use for the lesson. The references include the
particular pages of the TG, LM, textbook, and the additional materials from the
LRMDS portal.
_____________________6. This part of the lesson details the steps and activities the
teachers and learners will do during the lesson towards achievement of the
lesson’s objectives.
_____________________7. This is a part of the DLL and DLP in which teachers
shall indicate special cases including but not limited to continuation of lesson
plan to the following day in case of re-teaching or lack of time, transfer of lesson
to the following day in cases of class suspension, etc.

______________________8. This part of the DLL and DLP requires teachers to reflect
on and assess their effectiveness.

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Reflection

1. Considering your current situation as a beginning teacher/proficient teacher,

How will you maximize the use of DLL/DLP in tracking the learning progress of
your learners?

Of course, you can just observe your students as well. Individual interaction
between you and your students provides you some opportunities to evaluate their
progress and retention. Because you’re close to your students and give them some
“alone teacher time”, the student can also evaluate her own progress and
communicate concerns or needs to you, the teacher.

A joint review of the student’s work can pull up an accurate evaluation of the
student’s progress (or lack). It also provides the teacher valuable suggestions about
whether to adapt instruction to meet the student’s needs or not.

Positive feedback and meaningful also gives the students an extra motivation and
encouragement boost that can change the student’s perception from negative to
positive. It’ll help the student get better and reach a new high.

What assistance do you need to improve the teaching-learning process in your

delivery?

In terms of assistance somehow as a 21st century teacher , high-tech

teaching materials are barely much needed in our school. Provision of this
materials somehow must initiatively do by the higher office.

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Post-Test: Identify the following :

It refers to the methods and processes used to direct learning.

It is the process of systematically planning, developing, evaluating, and managing
the instructional process by using principles of teaching and learning.
It is a template teachers use to log parts of their daily lesson. The DLL covers a
day’s or a week’s worth of lessons and contains the following parts: Objectives,
Content, Learning Resources, Procedures, Remarks and Reflection.
It is a teacher’s “roadmap” for a lesson. It contains a detailed description of the
steps a teacher will take to teach a particular topic. A typical DLP contains the
following parts: Objectives, Content, Learning Resources, Procedures, Remarks
and Reflection.
This is a part of the DLL and DLP in which teachers shall indicate special cases
including but not limited to continuation of lesson plan to the following day in
case of re-teaching or lack of time, transfer of lesson to the following day in cases
of class suspension, etc.
This part of the DLL and DLP refers to the learning area-based facts, concepts,
and procedures that students need to learn.
It pertains to the particular content that the lesson focuses on
The knowledge, skills, and attitudes that students need to demonstrate in a
lesson.

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V. SESSION 5: CONTEXTUALIZATION, LOCALIZATION, AND INDIGENIZATION OF
RESOURCE MATERIALS

Pre-Test
Choose whether the given statements talk about localization, indigenization
orcontextualization. Write A for localization or B for indigenization.

Use of stories of the learners’ community as a springboard to teach competencies

in language subjects.
Use of local resources as materials for instructional aids.
Recognizing and including the community’s context and values in the content
and performance standards and competencies.
Enhancing the National Curriculum in relation to the community life cycle while
recognizing appropriate scope and sequence of competence.
Translating a story specified in the Teacher’s Guide to the locality’s language.
Offering of IP education in and IP Community.
Use of specific local terms for symptoms of sickness like diarrhea.

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Reflection
In what concrete ways does the session help me become a more
agentic/empowered teacher, aligned to standard and domain?

Considering your current situation in your station, how can you make your
teaching more meaningful, relevant and useful to the learners?

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Post Test
Tell whether you Agree or Disagree with the given statements on Contextualization. Write
A if you Agree or D if you disagree

When you contextualize a lesson, you are either localizing or indigenizing

it.
We can only contextualize the materials that we use in the teachinglearning
process ex. Reading selections, outputs, teaching materials.
When we translate stories specified in the Teacher’s Guide to the locality’s
language, that is localization.
We contextualize lessons to make them more relevant to the needs and context of
the learners.
Contextualized Teaching and Learning is a group of instructional strategies
designed to link the learning of basic skills, and academic or occupational
content by focusing teaching and learning directly on concrete applications in a
specific context that is of interest to the student.
The way teachers act, the way they plan and execute their class programs, how
they manage the classroom and how they set up the teaching and learning
environment are key aspects of students’ success and are central when defining
and conceiving curricular contextualization.
Curriculum contextualization includes contextualizing learning spaces and
environment, teaching methodologies and strategies and classroom assessment.
The recognition and consideration of the community’s context and values in the
content and performance standards and competencies is contextualization.

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VI. SESSION 6: SCHOOL FORMS AND LEARNER INFORMATION SYSTEM(LIS)
Pre-Test
Column A contains the descriptions, definitions and functions of the school forms or
terms listed in Column B. Match Column A with Column B. Write the letter of your
answer on the space provided before each number.

Column A Column B ___1. This

School Form contains data on the monthly A. SF 1 learners’
movement and attendance per class. B. SF 2 ___2. The 6-digit number
assigned to a school recognized C. SF 3
in EBEIS. D. SF 4
___3. This form gives the daily record of attendance of the E. SF 5 learners.
F. SF 6 ___4. It contains the list of books issued to each
student G. SF 7 per subject. H.
LRN ___5. This serves as the school register of the class. I. School ID
___6. The 12-digit number that a learner should keep while J. EBEIS
completing the basic education program K. LRMDS
___7. This is referred to as the system for maintaining the registry of learners.
___8. This contains the list of Personnel with their basic profile and
subject/class assignment.
___9. This form is used to record the general average, the incomplete
subjects, and other data on promotion
___10. It is called the Summarized Report on Promotion and Level of
Proficiency

Reflection
In what concrete ways does the session help me become a more agentic/empowered
teacher aligned to standard and domain)

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H.Post –Test
Tell what particular School Form provides the information and/or being described in the
following statements. Write the SF number on the space provided before each item.
____1. It gives the number of promoted, irregular and retained students of your class.
____2. This provides the number of students who belong to the levels of proficiency per
class.
____3. This provides the daily attendance of the learners in a class.
____4. It is the list of books issued to the learners at the beginning of the school year.
____5. This contains the basic profile of the learners in a class.
____6. It gives the record of movement and attendance of learners in the school for the
month.
____7. This form reflects the General Average and Action Taken per learner. ____8. This
form provides the school’s summary report on promotion and the level of proficiency
____9. It is the academic profile of the learner per grade or year level.
____10. This form tells the student’s health and nutritional status.

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VII. SESSION 7: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

PRE-TEST
Directions: Read the sentences carefully. Reflect and rate yourself honestly in terms of
how you see yourself manage your learners inside the classroom. Tick the column that
best describes you.

Never Seldom Sometimes Always

When the lesson begins, I have to wait for quite a longtime for
students to settle.
I lose quite a lot of time because of learners interrupting the
lesson
There is much noise most of the time in my classroom
I create rules in the class that sometimes are not strictly enforced
I sometimes engage in ambiguous or inconsistent treatment of
misbehavior
Leaners in my class cares to create pleasing learning environment
All learners in my class are engaged in the activities that I give
them
Learners can ask questions about our topic/lesson at any time
I have carefully arranged the learner’s
work and study area to minimize classroom
distractions
I have provided lessons and tasks that bring my learners together to build team
work and leadership skills.
Reflection:
After learning strategies on classroom management in this session…
I will stop

I will continue

I need my immediate superior/coach to help me in

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POST TEST
Directions: Below are groups of sentences that describe a classroom situation. For
Group A statements, identify positive action/s that a beginning teacher would do for
each situation to maintain a positive teaching-learning environment. For
statements/situations in Group B, identify creative ways that a teacher could do to
sustain the positive classroom environment.

A.
When the lesson begins, I have to wait for quite a long time for students to
settle.…
I lose quite a lot of time because of learners interrupting the lesson
There is much noise most of the time in my classroom
I create rules in the class that sometimes are not strictly enforced
I sometimes engage in ambiguous or Inconsistent treatment of misbehavior B.
Leaners in my class cares to create pleasing learning environment
All learners in my class are engaged in the activities that I give them
Learners can ask questions about our topic/lesson at any time
I have carefully arranged the learner’s work and study area to minimize
classroom distractions
I have provided lessons and tasks that bring my learners together to building
team work and leadership skills.

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VIII. SESSION 8: THE CHILD PROTECTION AND ANTI-BULLYING POLICIES

Pre-Test
Read the following situations and answer the question/s that follow: Situation 1.
Student A is a silent type of student. He doesn’t want to talk to anyone in school
because he has a defect in the way he talks. He stammers and can’t talk straight. One of
his classmates always teases him and say bad words about him in front of everybody in
the classroom.
What kind of bullying is this?
Situation 2.
While eating his snacks one morning, Jerry was being pushed, shove, kicked, and
teased by three of his classmates because they don’t like him. He pleaded to leave him
alone but they teased him even more. They always do this when there are no teachers
around.
What kind of bullying is this?
Situation 3
A Grade 9 female student was a very active FB user. One instance, she mistakenly
uploaded a message which has many grammatical errors. She received bad comments
and even humiliated her for her sentence construction.
What kind of bullying is this?
Situation 4
Darna is a Grade 4 gay pupil. Everyone in his class knows that he has feminine ways.
Every time he goes out of the classroom, one of his classmates imitated the way he talks,
walks and even the way he laughs. They humiliate him because of his sexual orientation
and gender identity.
What do you call this kind of bullying?
Situation 5
A girl named Karen was always alone. She seldom participates in classroom activities.
Her adviser noticed and called her one afternoon. At first, she hesitated to open up but
later on said that one of her classmates always say bad words to her. She cried out loud.
She does not want to go to school anymore because she was afraid that she might get
hurt by her classmate. She has lost confidence and felt inferior.
Is this an example of bullying? What damage has been caused by the bullying? Do
you think that an emotional damage was done?

Reflection
In what concrete ways does the session help you become more aware about child
protection and anti-bullying policies?

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 Post Test
Now that you have gone through the different types of bullying and child
protection policy, let us bring back the questions in the Pre-test. Read the
situations again and this time support your answers with the explanations
required.
Situation 1.
Student A is a silent type of student. He doesn’t want to talk to anyone in
school because he has a defect in the way he talks. He stammers and can’t talk
straight. One of his classmates always teases him and say bad words about him
in front of everybody in the classroom.
What kind of bullying is this? As a teacher, what actions are you going to take to
address this?
Emotional bullying, as a teacher I must have this capability to handle such
situation as this. Because as we all know nowadays, accidents like such
bullying tend to result into a severe depression and may possibly end child’s
life. That’s why it is very important to the teacher to enter himself/herself
to this phenomenon because teacher has this power to change or to
empower child’s life. And terms of addressing this accident, if the situation
becomes severe, I can consult first the bullied/bully children to a
counsellor.
Situation 2.
While eating his snacks one morning, Jerry was being pushed, shove, kicked, and
teased by three of his classmates because they don’t like him. He pleaded to leave him
alone but they teased him even more. They always do this when there are no teachers
around.
If you were the teacher, what are you going to do? Why?
As a teacher i guess what i will do is that Im going confront the two students
Situation 3
A Grade 9 female student was a very active FB user. One instance, she mistakenly
uploaded a message which has many grammatical errors. She received bad comments
and even humiliated her for her sentence construction.
What kind of bullying is this? Why do you say so?
Situation 4
Darna is a Grade 4 gay pupil. Everyone in his class knows that he has feminine ways.
Every time he goes out of the classroom, one of his classmates imitated the way he talks,
walks and even the way he laughs. They humiliate him because of his sexual orientation
and gender identity.
What do you call this kind of bullying? If you were the teacher of this pupil, what would
you do?

Situation 5
A girl named Karen was always alone. She seldom participates in classroom activities.
Her adviser noticed and called her one afternoon. At first, she hesitated to open up but
later on said that one of her classmates always say bad words to her. She cried out loud.
She does not want to go to school anymore because she was afraid that she might get
hurt by her classmate. She has lost confidence and felt inferior.
Is this an example of bullying? What damage has been caused by the bullying? Do you
think that an emotional damage was done? Why?

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