Teaching syllabus for technical drawing
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| PROFILE DIMENSIONS Profile dimensions describe the underlying behaviours or abilities students are expected to acquire as a result of having gone through a period of instruction. Each of the specific objectives in this syllabus contains an action verb that specifies the type of learning or skill that the student should acquire by the end of the instructional period. A specific objective as follows The student will be able to describe etc. contains an action verb "describe" that indicates what the student will be able to do after teaching and learning have taken place. Being able to "describe" something after the instruction has been completed means that the student has acquired "knowledge. Being able to explain, summarize, give examples, etc. means that the student has understood the lesson taught. Similarly, being able to develop, plan, construct, etc. means that the student has learnt to create, innovate or synthesize knowledge. Each of the action verbs in the specific objectives of the syllabus describes the behaviour the student will be able to demonstrate after the instruction. "Knowledge, "Application, etc. are dimensions that should be the prime focus of teaching, learning and assessment in schools. As already stated, profile dimensions describe the underlying behaviours for teaching, learning and assessment. In Technical Drawing, the three profile dimensions that have been specified for teaching, learning and testing are Knowledge and understanding 30% Application of Knowledge 70% Each of the dimensions has been given a percentage weight that should be reflected in teaching, learning and testing. The weights, indicated on the right of the dimensions, show the relative emphasis that the teacher should give in the teaching, learning and testing processes. Combining the three dimensions in the teaching and learning process will ensure that Technical Drawing is taught and studied not only at the cognitive level, but will also lead to the acquisition of the expected level of practical skills in the subject. viii Knowledge and Understanding (KU) Knowledge The ability to remember, recall, identify, define, describe, list, name, match, state principles, facts and concepts. Knowledge is simply the ability to remember or recall material already learned and constitutes the lowest level of learning. Understanding The ability to explain, describe, summarize, translate, rewrite, paraphrase, give examples, generalize, estimate or predict consequences based upon a trend. Understanding is generally the ability to grasp the meaning of some material that maybe verbal, pictorial, or symbolic. Download 431.69 Kb. Share with your friends:
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