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The document discusses thematic instruction in basic education. Thematic instruction organizes curriculum around broad themes and integrates subjects like reading, math, and science with the exploration of the theme. Examples of themes include communities, rainforests, and river basins. It is based on the idea that learning is best when in context of a coherent whole and connected to real world. Teachers of different subjects work as a team to design curriculum, instruction, and assessment around a theme. The initial design requires considerable work but it can powerfully reintegrate the curriculum by eliminating isolated, reductionist teaching of individual disciplines.

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Thematic Teaching in Basic Education 3

The document discusses thematic instruction in basic education. Thematic instruction organizes curriculum around broad themes and integrates subjects like reading, math, and science with the exploration of the theme. Examples of themes include communities, rainforests, and river basins. It is based on the idea that learning is best when in context of a coherent whole and connected to real world. Teachers of different subjects work as a team to design curriculum, instruction, and assessment around a theme. The initial design requires considerable work but it can powerfully reintegrate the curriculum by eliminating isolated, reductionist teaching of individual disciplines.

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Thematic Teaching in Basic Education

I. Overview

Thematic instruction is the organization of a curriculum around macro “themes.” Thematic instruction
integrates basic disciplines like reading, math, and science with the exploration of a broad subject, such as
communities, rain forests, river basins, the use of energy, and so on.

Thematic instruction is based on the ide that people acquire knowledge best when learning in the context of
a coherent “whole,” and when they can connect what they’re learning to the real world. Thematic instruction seeks
to put the teaching of cognitive skills such as reading, mathematics, science, and writing in the context of a real-
world subject that is both specific enough to be practical, and broad enough to allow creative exploration.

Thematic instruction usually occurs within an entire grade level of students. Teachers of all the different
subjects taught in that particular grade work together as a team to design curriculum, instruction methods, and
assessment around a preselected theme. Typical steps include:

Choosing a theme- Thems often involve a large, integrated system ( such as a city, an ecosystem, and so on)
or a broad concept( such as democracy, weather, and so on). Instruction often strive to connect the theme to the
students’ everyday life. In some cases, students participate in choosing the theme or themes.

Designing the integrated curriculum- The teachers involved must organize t learning objectives of their core
curriculum (both process skills and content knowledge) around the theme. In the study of a river basin, for instance,
math might involve calculating water flow and volume; social studies could look at the nature of river communities;
science might study phenomena like weather and floods; and literature could study books and novels that focus on
rivers, such as the works of Mark Twain. The initial design requires considerable work on the part of teachers. Again,
sometimes students help design the curriculum.

Designing the instruction-This usually involves making changes to the class schedule, combining hours
normally devoted to specific topics, organizing filed trips, teaching in teams, bringing in outside experts, and so on.
Encouraging presentation and celebration- Because thematic instruction is often project-oriented, it frequently
involves students giving collective presentations to the rest of the school or the community. Plus, students commonly
crate extensive visual displays.

Thematic instruction can be a powerful tool for reintegrating the curriculum and eliminating the isolated,
reductionist nature of teaching around discipline rather than experience. It requires a lot of hard, initial design work,
plus a substantial restructuring of teacher relationships and class schedules.

In this module you will have to learn the significance in using Thematic Teaching in basic education.

II. Learning Outcomes

 The use of Thematic teaching in basic education


 How important learning:
*Planning Instruction
*Integrated Multidisciplinary Thematic Unit
*Integrated Interdisciplinary Thematic Unit
*Integrated Interdisciplinary Thematic Unit
*Interdisciplinary Teaching Teams
III. Discussion and Self-Assessment Activities (SAA)

Processing Question:
1. Think of a theme or a lesson in Araling Panlipunan?
2. Show in a way that the theme can be adaptive or used in other subjects or discipline.
3. What the advantages in using Thematic Teaching

Thematic Learning
Basic of Thematic teaching

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