Design P- Lecture 1-Instructional System Design

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Instruction: Teaching, Learning, and the System

What is Instruction?

Instruction means purposefully guiding the learning process. It’s a major activity in the classroom, just like planning lessons and managing students. Good instruction helps students learn better. Over time, educators have created many ways to teach, called instructional models.

According to Joyce, Weil, and Calhoun (2003), these models fall into four main groups:

1. Behavioural systems – Focus on rewards and feedback.
2. Information processing – Focus on how students think and understand.
3. Personal development – Help students grow emotionally and socially.
4. Social interaction – Encourage learning through group work and communication.

Each model has a different focus, depending on the kind of learning goal it wants to achieve. That’s why when we talk about the “best teaching methods,” we must also be clear about what learning outcomes we want. Sometimes, people argue about the best method without agreeing on what they are trying to achieve.

Why Understanding Principles is Important

Many teaching methods are based on certain ideas and beliefs about how people learn. It’s helpful to use methods created by experts, but it’s even more important to understand the principles behind them.

As Ralph Waldo Emerson said:

“If you learn only methods, you'll be tied to your methods. But if you learn principles, you can create your own methods.”

So, as a future teacher, always ask:

• Why is this method being used?
• Why is it used at this point in the lesson?

By asking these questions, you’ll understand the purpose behind teaching actions and be able to adjust your methods as you gain experience.

Direct Instruction

In the U.S., schools often measure student success through standardised tests that assess basic skills. One of the most effective teaching approaches for improving test scores is called Direct Instruction (also known as Explicit Instruction). This method includes:

• Clear teacher guidance
• Step-by-step instruction
• Frequent interaction between the teacher and students

Research shows this approach helps students learn core subjects more effectively. It focuses not only on what students learn but also on how they learn.

Instruction and Learning: Key Definitions

• System: A system is a group of connected parts working together. In education, the system includes teachers, students, schools, and the curriculum.
• Instruction: It is the process of helping someone learn through teaching. It includes both planning and managing learning activities.
• Learning: Learning is a long-lasting change in behaviour or knowledge that happens through experience.

Important Points to Remember

• Instruction is not just about getting results; it's about how we get those results.
• Teachers should understand both the methods and the principles behind teaching.
• As a beginner, it’s good to use methods created by others, but learning the why behind those methods helps you grow and even create your own.
• Good instruction should not be about the teacher doing all the talking. It should involve interaction between the teacher and students.
• A good teacher always keeps the students’ needs and success as the main goal.
• When students are actively involved, learning becomes deeper and more meaningful.

More About Learning

Learning doesn’t just involve thinking. It includes:

• Feelings
• Beliefs
• Values
• Intuition (gut feelings)
• Willpower

Some people may not want to learn, but every society expects its young people to learn to become useful members of the community. That’s why children go to school — to learn skills, values, and knowledge that will help them fit into society.

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Understanding Learning, Teaching, and the System

What is Learning?

One common feature of learning is that it is based on a person’s past experiences. When we learn, we are using our mind to think, reason, imagine, analyze, and judge.

We can see signs of learning in:

• People’s attitudes and behaviours
• Their personal values
• The way they act and interact with others

This is why Robert Gagné (1970) said that all human skills, ideas, reasoning, hopes, values, and attitudes develop mostly through learning.

To help learning happen, both teachers and students need to feel comfortable and satisfied in the school environment. A good school should not only have a library but also have furnished classrooms and offices for staff and support workers.

Learning involves mental activities—things we do in our mind, like using past experiences to adjust to the world around us. And that brings us to the topic of teaching.

What is Teaching?

Teaching is the act of helping someone learn. It involves preparing lessons and thinking about three important areas of learning, called the three domains:

1. Cognitive – understanding and thinking
2. Affective – feelings, attitudes, values
3. Psychomotor – physical skills and actions

Because students are different, a teacher must use different teaching methods to help everyone learn in the best way.

Teaching should lead to better student achievement, which helps students succeed in life. But students shouldn't just sit and listen—they should also take part in learning by sharing ideas and asking questions.

The Teacher’s Role

As a teacher, remember these key responsibilities:

• Be a guide: Help students find the right path in their learning.
• Create a good environment: Make the classroom a place where learning is enjoyable and meaningful.
• Be a leader: Share knowledge and lead the search for answers.
• Encourage curiosity: Help students ask questions, explore ideas, and solve real-life problems.
• Exchange ideas: Remember, teachers are also learners. You learn from your students just as they learn from you.

In simple terms, teaching is helping—it’s the process of guiding students as they learn.

What is a System?

A system is a group of parts that work together to reach a specific goal. Each part can work independently, but all parts must also cooperate and interact to achieve a common purpose.

A system:

• Can be found everywhere (Bertalanffy, 1968)
• Is a process (Banathy, 1973)
• Is an abstract idea, meaning it exists in concept but may not always be seen (Romiszowski, 1970)

Systems theory helps us understand how things are connected:

• How people relate to each other
• How people interact with tools or the environment
• How ideas and actions affect one another

Even though systems can be limited by their surroundings (the environment), they can adapt and improve through feedback, change, and interaction.

Instruction as a System

Based on what we've discussed, instruction (the act of teaching) is also a system because:

• It has a clear purpose
• It is organised
• It follows certain steps or processes
• It includes different parts (teacher, student, content, environment) working together for a shared goal

Instruction helps us:

• Understand and organise knowledge
• Build new ideas
• Solve problems

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