2. CONTENT
Definition of Concept
Why the need to teach Concepts?
Some Strategies for teaching Concepts
Definition of & some strategies for
teaching Generalisations
Concept & Generalisation teaching
materials & activities
4. A concept is a general idea, usually
expressed by words, which
represents a class or group of
people, things, actions or
relationships having certain defined
characteristics in common
5. •
it is the means by which people
organise information in their minds
•they may be regarded as
categories in which we group
phenomena within our experience
8. CONCEPT GROUPING
concepts which child learns with minimal help
concepts which teachers feel they have to
develop
concepts which are derived from disciplines
of knowledge
18. Inductive Strategies
for teaching concepts
Hilda Taba’s Inductive Strategy
Ask questions to elicit 5 types of
responses:
Provide list of e.g.’s
Identify possible basis for subgrouping
Identify common attributes of e.g.’s
Label subgroups
Classify items in first step into subgroups
23. Taba
Inductive Generalisation Strategy
‘What can we say about the function of schools?’
Procedure
Gather data
Patterns
Focusing Qn
What did you find/
see, etc
Illustration
What did you find to be the
main activities in the
school?
What common function did
these ideas serve?
What is your conclusion?
What common
patterns did you find?
Tentative
What can we say
generalisation
in general?
Test the
Can the generalisation What does the chapter
generalisation
stand the test?
Show about the main
function of schools?
24.
Inductive Generalisation Strategy
Gather data
Ask focusing questions eg. What would happen if the
canteen vendor doesn’t come to school?, What would
happen if the teacher doesn’t come to school?, etc.
Ask them to identify common features?
Tentative generalisation
Test the generalisation
25.
Deductive Approach
Give generalisation
Give supporting facts, cases or
evidence
Point pupils to additional supporting
facts
Ask pupils to identify facts to
support generalisation
26.
Problem Solving or Inquiry
Pose a problem
There are limited resources.
People tend to want a great number of things.
Pose a question to guide pupils
What can be done to solve this problem?
Collect, appraise & organise related facts.
Answer qn posed
Test generalisation by giving pupils other
e.g.s or cases to examine.
27. Decision-Making
Approach
Define the issue or problem
S’pore has very limited resources e.g. water.
Describe the values or standards most imp.
in situation e.g.
Ensuring constant supply of water
Think of alternative solutions for dealing
with problem
Consider consequences of each alternative
State a generalisation based on above
