This is a 3-unit course that focuses on the principles, development and utilization of conventional assessment tools to improve the teaching-learning process. It emphasizes on the use of testing for measuring knowledge, comprehension and other thinking skills. It allows students to go through the standard steps in test construction for quality assessment. It includes competencies contained in the trainer’s Methodology I of TESDA.
- Teacher: Junil Constantino
The course includes an understanding of spiraling basic science concepts and application of scientific inquiry in Chemistry and Biology and the use of teaching strategies in elementary science, development of instructional materials and assessment. Content topics in Chemistry include Properties and Structure of Matter and Changes that matter undergo. Biology content topics include parts and functions of Animals and Plants, Heredity: Inheritance and Variation, Biodiversity and Evolution, and Ecosystems.
- Teacher: Junil Constantino
This course focuses on child and adolescent development with an emphasis on current research and theory on biological, linguistic, cognitive, social, and emotional dimensions of development. Further, this includes factors that affect the progress of the development of learners and shall include appropriate pedagogical principles applicable to each developmental level.
- Teacher: Junil Constantino
This course equips prospective teachers with pedagogical content knowledge for the teaching of basic contents in mathematics in the primary level. Understanding of key concepts and skills of whole numbers up to 10,000, fractions, measurement, simple geometric figures, pre-algebra concepts and data representation and analysis are applied using appropriate technology. Teaching strategies include problem solving, critical thinking, differentiated instruction, inquiry-based learning with the used of manipulatives based on cultural context will be emphasized.
- Teacher: Mark Ren Villaflor