Conceptual approach

Conceptual ApproachBy: Madeleine Siy

Conceptual Approach

“Education is what is left in the individual after he has forgotten almost all he learned from school.”

Conceptual Approach

-choosing and defining the content of a certain discipline to be taught through the use of our pervasive ideas as against the traditional practice of determining content by isolated topics

Benefits of Conceptual Approach helps make connections between what students know

and what they will be learning

learn how to examine a concept from a number of perspectives

learn how to sort out relevant information

extends their knowledge of a concept by classifying more than one example of that concept

students go beyond merely associating a key term with a definition 

concept is learned more thoroughly and retention is improved 

Benefits of learner from conceptualization

They can make insights gained in certain problematic situations.

Through their ability to generalize, they become mor efficient in solving problems they encounter.

They could see and realize that bits of information which is isolated to be organized and pieced together like a puzzle

Roles of the teacher

Never tell the students the principles or rule which the students are supposed to state at the end of the lesson

Should help the students gather sufficient data to enable them to form the expected generalization

Should be able to master the cognitive hierarchy of his discipline

Should categorize all knowledge pertinent to his area

Hierarchy of Cognition

Conceptual Scheme

Principle

Generalization

Concept

Fact

Term: Fact

Meaning: Simple statement of truth

Examples:

Ice melts, water freezes, wax, liquid solidifies, water vapour, condenses, mothballs sublimate

Term: Concept

Meaning: Synthesis or constellation of related facts

Examples : Ice, water, wax, water vapour, and

mothballs are all matter

Term: Generalization

Meaning: General statement relating two or more concepts

Examples: By relating matter with physical change, the general statement may likely to be. “All matter undergo physical change.”

Term: Principle

Meaning: Statement of fundamental processes, true without exception, withtin the stated limitations, capable of demonstration or illustration

Examples:

The principle involved in the physical change of matter is conversation.

Term: Conceptual Scheme

Meaning: The main pervasive theme underlying a major field of study

Examples:

Understanding the environment through matter and energy

Important Notes

Flow of ideas from facts up to conceptual schemes is from simple to complex- allowing students to organize their thoughts from bits of information to larger cognitive level.

Students should be given lots of opportunities to read, listen, and write to expose them to as many situations as possible and lead them to categorize information.

References

www.openuniclsu.edu.ph/openfiles/modules/ed710/lesson4.doc

Garcia, Manuel. Focus on Teaching: Philippines: Rex Store,1989.