IS A MEANS OF TREATING RELATIONSHIPS THAT EXIST AMONG THE SIGNIFICANT COMPONENTS MAKING UP A GIVEN BODY OF KNOWLEDGE.
IT IS A THOROUGH PROCESS OF WEAVING AND INTEGRATING TOPICS INTO A GENERAL FRAMEWORK OR CONCEPTUAL SCHEME.
PURPOSE:
to enhance the students’ learning by
making them view things in their entirety
or totality.
THE FEATURES OF THIS APPROACH
It is highly cognitive
It leads students toward insightful and meaningful learning
THE GUIDELINES IN
UTILIZING THE UNIFIED APPROACH
Restructure the presentation of the subject matter to show the needed interrelationships.
Recall the previous lesson and link it up with the present one.
Include relevant points only
Start with the most fundamental concepts in presenting the relationships.
It is holistic in treatment
It requires the teacher to present his subject matter in an entirely different manner.
PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION
Is an instruction in which the self-
pacing method has a rightful place
It is a system of teaching and learning within which the subject matter is broken down into small, discrete steps and carefully organized into a logical sequence in which it can be learned readily by the students (MORRIS BIGGE, 1982)
It is an auto-instructional approach
to teaching which is changing the role of
the classroom teacher (BARRY HARLEY, 1973).
HARLEY’SMETHOD ARE DESCRIBED AS
FOLLOWS:
PROGRAMMING ITSELF IS THE WRITING OF SEQUESTIAL STEPS STRUCTURED SO AS TO BRING
ABOUT A LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
FORMS OF RESPONSES:
PROGRAMMED MATERIALS ARE SELF- INSTRUCTIONAL
IT IS HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED
IT REQUIRES THE SO-CALLED CRITERION-REFERENCED TYPE OF EVALUATION AND NOT THE NORM-REFERENCED TYPE.
IT REQUIRES THE TEACHER TO PLAY THREE DISTINCT RULES IN TODAY’S SCHOOL-DIRECTOR, ANALYST, AND TUTOR.
IT IS NOT A COMPLETE INSTRUCTION BY ITSELF
PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION REQUIRES A LOT OF MATERIALS.