Searching for Instructional Materials

Educational resources are very important tools used by every teacher to

improve the teaching-learning process. Effective use of instructional
materials can assure a teacher for an active and productive learning and
assessment.

Your task as a student teacher is vital in assisting your cooperating teacher (CT)
to search appropriate instructional materials. This activity will build your competency
in choosing instructional materials that meet the needs of the individual learners.

Prepares FS 2 Students for PPST Your Intended Learning Outcome

Domain: Curriculum and Planning Search for appropriate and effective

Strand: Teaching and learning resources instructional materials.
including ICT.
Your Experiential Task Your Reflection Trigger

1.1 Exposure Examining Instructional

Materials from the School’s
Resources or through Technology
or Digital Resources.

1.2. Participation Identifying the Purposes of

Instructional Materials.

1.3 Identification Considering the Different

Principles in Selecting
Instructional Materials.

1.4 Internalization Applying Guidelines in

Selecting Instructional
 Why should a teacher spend time in
Materials.
searching for appropriate instructional
1.5 Dissemination Presenting Appropriate materials?
Instructional Materials
“Better this Time”

1.1EXPOSURE
Examining Instructional Materials from the School’s
Resources of Through Technology or Digital Resources
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 One of the things that your Cooperating Teacher (CT) needs assistance from you is your skill
in searching for instructional materials. Your CT will give you a list of Instructional materials
he/she needs lesson or lessons. You may also be requested to search for information or to do
PowerPoint presentation for instructional materials generated from the internet.

Request a copy of your CT’s learning plans of his/her subject and look at the learning
objectives as a guide in searching for his/her needed Instructional materials.

Make a checklist of the sources where you can get the appropriate instructional materials for
your assigned subject/s.

Subject School List of Materials Technology Website and short Description of

Resources and Short and Digital the Instructional Materials
Description Resources

Araling Example
Library Book on the on-line https://www.onthegotours.com
Panlipunan Different The Official Seven New Wonders
Wonders of the of the World
World with  Man-made Wonders
description/s.  Nature’s Wonders
Introduction of https://www.library.iated.com
Home  Importance of Home
TLE economics on-line economics literacy
literacy.  Introduction of Home
Library
economics

https://www.skillsyouneed.com
Communication  Verbal communication

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 ENGLISH Library skills. on-line  Non-verbal
communication

https://danceawareness.com
Locomotor and  Dance awareness
P.E Library Non-locomotor. on-line  Definition of Locomotor
and Non-locomotor.

https://www.cuemath.com
MATH Algebraic  Definition, formulas and
Library Expression. on-line examples.
1.2 PARTICIPATION
Identifying the Purpose of the Instructional Materials

The importance of producing instructional materials is to facilitate the teaching-learning

process. The essence is not to use the instructional materials as objects of decoration, but
instructional materials must be utilized for an effective, meaningful, and interactive
teaching-learning engagements.

As you assist your CT in searching for needed instructional materials, consider the
following purposes why teachers use instructional materials in teaching.

Purposes of the Utilization of the Instructional Materials

 The instructional materials capture the learners’ interest.

 The instructional materials contribute to the realization of the learning objectives.
 The instructional materials motivate the learners to be engaged in the learning
process.
 The instructional materials contribute to making difficult concepts easy to
understand.
 The instructional materials concertize abstract ideas or make concepts realistic to
the learner.
 The instruction materials afford degree of retention of concepts or ideas.
 The instructional materials make learning more real and meaningful.
 The instructional materials stimulate self-activity on the part of the learners.
 The instructional materials address different learning styles and needs of the
learners.

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 1.3INDENTIFICATION
Considering the Different Principles in Selecting Instructional Materials
While searching for your CTs instructional materials, make yourself guided by the following
principles in selecting instructional materials (Buno,2004).
Check whether what you have searched adhere to the given principles:

Yes No

A. Principle of Appropriateness (appropriate to the intended learning

objectives and level of the learners) 

B. Principle of Authenticity (present, accurate, up to date and dependable

information) 

C. Principle of Cost (economical and easy to manipulate)



D. Principle of Interest (power to encourage creativity and imaginative

response among the learners) 

E. Principle of Organization and Balance (clarity and in accordance with the

principles of learning such as reinforcement or transfer) 

REEXAMINING YOUR ASSISTING

TASK:

In assisting your CT to search for appropriate instructional materials, what problems have
you encountered as regards the principles to apply in the selection of instructional materials?
In assisting my CT to search for appropriate instructional materials, I haved encounter
some challenges in terms of using social media platforms. The challenges are we have a poor
internet connection that may cause lagging of presentation during lesson session, and the resources as
well like laptop which is very essential especially when you are making a PowerPoint presentation. I
only used mobile phone to encode everything and it is not enough to supply my instructional materials,
and the other thing is that some of the students can’t attend class because of poor signal and have
resources to use for their online class, so far that was the only challenges that I encountere in assisting
my CT .

1.4 INTERNALIZATION
Applying Guidelines in Selecting Instructional Material

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 As you search for your Cooperating Teacher’s needed instructional materials, fill out the table
below to serve as your guide in searching and preparing instructional materials.

Year Learners Objectives Subject Matter Purpose of Purpose

level Instructional Instructional
Material Resources
 To provide
the core  Home
information economics  To provide  The purpose
that Students  Information the core of the
2nd
will and information instructiona
Year experience. Communicati that the l material
 To develop on technology students resources is
the  Industrial arts will to make
knowledge of  Agri-fishery experience, learning
the students arts learn, apply more
 To improve during interesting,
the students course. practical,
skills. They hold realistic,
 To enhance the power and
the to either appealing.
conceptual engage or They also
understandin demotivate enable both
g and the teachers and
engages students. students to
higher order participate
thinking actively and
skilss. effectively
on lesson
sessions.

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 1.5 DISSEMINATION
Presenting Appropriate Instructional Materials – “Better
This Time”.

1. Guided by the learning objectives of the subject matter given to you, provide your Cooperating
Teacher with the list of resources that you have searched.

Subject Matter Learning Outcomes List of Resources

 Cooking
 Cleaning
 Household  To enhance human  Ironing
Services well being and  Laundry
help meet the basic  Lawn management
human needs by  Landscaping.
performing a
variety of
household services
for an individual
on a family
 Baking
 To understand the
 Knife skills
techniques and
 Food service
Culinary Arts skills necessary for
  Cooking
the preparation and
service of quality
foods in a
professional
setting
 To demonstrate the
ability to prepare
and serve food
typical of all types
of food services.

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 2.Write your short reflection on how teaching a certain lesson can be better because the teacher
uses appropriate instructional materials.

Growth Portfolio Enter

Teaching _____________________________________________________________is Better This

Time. (Subject/ Lesson)

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 Teaching a certain lesson can be better because of the teacher uses
appropriate instructional materials. Instructional materials is very effective in terms of teaching,
it helps both teacher and students to bring life the learning and to participate actively in making
some certain lesson. You just need to make sure that the materials support a learning objectives,
provide a wide range of materials that will enriched and support the curriculum and course
objectives and lastly, make the materials clear and accessible.

GROWTH PORTFOLIO ENTRY

No.

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 ASSESSMENT
For Use of the FS Program Coordinator
Criterion: Depth of Understanding

Rubric

Score Description

91-100 Reflection shows evidence of exemplary understanding of the principles and guidelines in
searching for appropriate instructional materials.

81-90 Reflection shows evidence of adequate understanding of the principles and guidelines in
searching for appropriate instructional materials.

71-80 Reflection shows minimal understanding of the principles and guidelines in searching for
appropriate instructional materials.

61-70 Reflection shows difficulty in understanding the principles and guidelines in searching for
appropriate instructional materials.

51-60 Reflection shows a need for substantial guidance in understanding the principles and
guidelines in searching for appropriate instructional materials.

Rating for LE: ___________

_______________________________
Signature of FS Program Coordinator

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