The document discusses the thematic approach to teaching and learning. The thematic approach integrates different areas of the curriculum around a central theme. This allows literacy and ideas to develop progressively and connect easily. The approach is rooted in John Dewey's concept of "meaningful learning" where children seek relationships between ideas. Constructivism and the thematic approach both view knowledge as constructed actively by students based on their experiences and interactions. The teacher's role is to initiate themes to guide student exploration and construction of understanding.

1. Thematic Approach

2. This way of teaching and
learning , whereby different
areas of the curriculum are
related together and
integrated to a central
theme.

3. •It allows literacy to grow
progressively.
•It guides connected ideas to
follow on easily.

4. •Loughran (2005) similarly reiterates that the
idea of teaching with themes as a means of
integrating curriculum can be traced back to
the reforms of 1930’s (Lipson et al. 1993).
•Dewey (1990,140) discussed “meaningful
learning” for young children as their attempt
to “seek wholes, varied through episode,
enlivened with action, and defined in salient
features”

5. Thematic teaching is about
students actively constructing
their own knowledge.

6. Piaget (1962) believed that knowledge is
built in a slow, continuous construction
of skills and understanding that each
child brings to each situation as he or
she matures.

7. Vygotsky (1997, 175) suggested
that social interaction and
collaboration were powerful
sources of transformation in the
child's thinking.

8. Thematic Approach
-is the process of integrating and
linking multiple elements of a
curriculum in an ongoing
exploration of many different
aspects of a topic or subject.

9. Elements that foster success in a
thematic project.
•initiation of the theme
•the teacher’s role
•group exploration
•Integrating the theme with curriculum
and learning centers
•Building and maintaining spirit and
enthusiasm

10. CONSTRUCTIVISM APPROACH

11. •Understanding the
world through refection
of one's experiences.

12. •Wilson (2003)
-Constructivists see reading as a social
practice which affect when you read, what you
read, where you read, who you read with and
why and how you read.

13. Content-Based
Instruction (CBI)
Thematic Approach Constructivism
Reading in relation to other
subject areas
Different areas in the curriculum
are related to central them.
Understanding the world through
refection of one's experiences.
“ Learning about something
rather than learning about the
language”
Teachers role is to initiate the
theme.
Learners engender their own
“mental models’ to generate and
regenerate ideas from
experiences and to adjust and
accommodate to new
experiences.
Development of use-oriented
second and foreign language
skills
Students will construct their own
knowledge.
Reading is a social practice.
Table. 8 CBI, Thematic Approach and Constructivism