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Thematic teaching

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Nayny Narumon

Thematic instruction organizes curriculum around broad themes that integrate subjects like reading, math, and science. Teachers design learning objectives and assessments around themes, which are typically large systems or concepts connected to students' lives. This approach puts cognitive skills in the context of real-world subjects to allow creative exploration. Teachers of different subjects collaborate to design an integrated curriculum, instruction methods, and assessments centered on a chosen theme.

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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 board subject, such as communities, rain forests, river basins , the use of energy. 1.the students are able to real-world experiences and build on prior knowledge of topic. 2.teacher teach to the different learning style of their students. Thematic instruction is based on the idea that people acquire knowledge best when learning in the context of coherent whole and when they can connect what they re learning to the real word. thematic instructions 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 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-themes 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). Instructors often strive to connect the theme to the students s everyday life. In some cases, students participate in choosing the them or themes. Designing the integrate curriculum- the teachers involved must organize the 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 book 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 topic, organizing field trips, teaching in teams, bringing in outside experts, and so on. Encouraging presentation and celebration- Because thematic instruction is often project-oriented, it frequently involve students giving collective presentations to the rest of the school or the community. Plus, students commonly create extensive visual displays. Thematic instruction can be a powerful tool for reintegrating the curriculum and eliminating the isolated, reductionist nature of teaching around disciplines rather than experience. It requires a lot of hard, initial design work, plus a substantial restructuring of teacher relationships and class schedules. The benefit of a thematic approach are many. Teacher thematically helps children make sense of what they are being taught, since content areas are integrated and not made to stand alone. Students are able to retain more information when it is not presented as isolated facts, but rather as part of a whole. Thematic units encourage the involvement of all students through topics relevant to them.

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  • 1. 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 board subject, such as communities, rain forests, river basins , the use of energy. 1.the students are able to real-world experiences and build on prior knowledge of topic. 2.teacher teach to the different learning style of their students. Thematic instruction is based on the idea that people acquire knowledge best when learning in the context of coherent whole and when they can connect what they re learning to the real word. thematic instructions 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 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-themes 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). Instructors often strive to connect the theme to the students s everyday life. In some cases, students participate in choosing the them or themes. Designing the integrate curriculum- the teachers involved must organize the 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 book 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.
  • 2. Designing the instruction- This usually involves making changes to the class schedule, combining hours normally devoted to specific topic, organizing field trips, teaching in teams, bringing in outside experts, and so on. Encouraging presentation and celebration- Because thematic instruction is often project-oriented, it frequently involve students giving collective presentations to the rest of the school or the community. Plus, students commonly create extensive visual displays. Thematic instruction can be a powerful tool for reintegrating the curriculum and eliminating the isolated, reductionist nature of teaching around disciplines rather than experience. It requires a lot of hard, initial design work, plus a substantial restructuring of teacher relationships and class schedules. The benefit of a thematic approach are many. Teacher thematically helps children make sense of what they are being taught, since content areas are integrated and not made to stand alone. Students are able to retain more information when it is not presented as isolated facts, but rather as part of a whole. Thematic units encourage the involvement of all students through topics relevant to them.