Content analysis refers to the development of content which is
developmentally appropriate for the students you are teaching. In determining the
appropriateness of the content, you will consider some of the following:
- the age of your students
- the developmental stage of the
students; for example, are the students primarily concrete or abstract learners at this
stage of their education?
- the curriculum guide which the school
district has provided for you. You have a certain amount of freedom in selecting content
but you will be expected to cover the material outlined in the guide. In many
cases, your effectiveness as a teacher will be based on your success in following the
curriculum. Additionally, the students' next teachers will expect the students to have
certain prerequisite sets of knowledge when they enter the next class.
The following are three simple steps in this process:
- identify the learning
- identity the critical
attributes of the learning
- write a task analysis
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