VOWEL’S TEACHING FUNDAS’ (Preparing Teachers for better teaching)
Part 2- WHAT DO WE TEACH?
Another thing in preparing teachers
for better and effective teaching, is to have them focus on the content to be
taught. Teachers should ask themselves- ‘What do we teach?’This question
pertains to the Curriculum and Syllabus.
Teachers should have a very clear Curriculum framework in their minds,
especially the Islamic School Teachers where the Curriculum is very vast and
there are a lot of resources to choose from.
I want to emphasize on two points- Written Curriculum and Taught
Curriculum1. Written Curriculum- It is the official document in which the Curriculum is clearly mentioned. It pertains
to the ‘Learning expectations’, the ‘Learning outcomes’, ‘What the student is
expected to know in that particular Academic year.
2. Taught Curriculum- It pertains to
what you actually teach.This is very critical.The Written Curriculum does not
specify the details of teaching, it just tells you the learning outcomes.It is
up to the Teacher to decide how much emphasis should be given or how much time
should be spent on a particular topic, how can be the topic be made more
interesting etc.
These two topics should be properly understood and adopted by the
Teacher for effective teaching. These aspects become more important in an
Islamic school set up where the Curriculum is very vast.
So dear Teachers, prepare yourself
for better teaching, focus on the content, ask yourself this simple question- ‘What do
we teach?’
For educational training sessions and
orientation programs, feel free to contact-
Vowel Education Academy
(vowelhelpdesk@gmail.com / obedkhanin@gmail.com)
