8/3/2019 Distracters of Instruction

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Fig.1. Distracters of Instruction

A favourable instructional condition is the key to effective learning. As shown in Fig. 1,

instruction is a two-way process an active interaction between the teacher and the learner. As

such, the success of the teaching-learning process is highly influenced by the ability of the

teacher to impart knowledge and facilitate learning and how the learner develops targeted

competencies. In doing so, both are susceptible however to tangible and intangible factors such

as culture, emotion and thinking, environment and subject knowledge which affect instruction.

Culture defines ones language, customs, values, norms and learning perceptions.Learners do not necessarily use the same language. Societies do not always conform. Out of

fifty students, there can only be one who favors the use of nuclear reactors as an alternative

power source in the Philippines. In a class of twenty, nineteen may dispute the July 1969 lunar

landing. In the same manner, teaching the concept of photosynthesis without a good diagram,

chart or animation to a fifth grader is not mentally sound. Learners think, feel and behave

differently such that a careless choice of method or presentation of lessons can distract the

smooth flow of instruction.

The learning environment is another important consideration. For instance, J. F. De la

Cruz Memorial High School is situated along a busy highway; rotating power interruptions are

employed to curb power crisis; shades of Mahogany trees shelter the learners ofBagong Bahay

Elementary School. Do these learning environments support instruction?

On the other hand, it is known that learners are exposed to both unique and common

learning opportunities and experiences as the teacher has his own set of schema. Likewise,

every individual is predisposed to respond and act differently in a given learning situation. With

this truth, thinking about the prior knowledge of the learners is indeed as important as thinking

about how and what to teach.

Reflecting on the way culture, emotion and thinking, environment and subject

knowledge distract the delivery of instruction, teachers must consider innovative ways of

presenting a lesson. In doing so, he needs tools which facilitate effective communication in the

classroom. These tools include teaching aids, instructional materials, instructional media,

scaffolding materials and learning kits that turn the abstract to concrete, complex to simple.

TEACHER LEARNER

Environment

Culture

Emotional/

Psychological

Subject Knowledge

INSTRUCTION