1. Conceptual Approach
By: Madeleine Siy

2. Conceptual Approach
“Education is what is left in the
individual after he has forgotten
almost all he learned from school.”

3. Conceptual Approach
-choosing and defining the content of
a certain discipline to be taught
through the use of our pervasive ideas
as against the traditional practice of
determining content by isolated
topics

4. Benefits of Conceptual Approach
 helps make connections between what students know
and what they will be learning
 learn how to examine a concept from a number of
perspectives
 learn how to sort out relevant information
 extends their knowledge of a concept by classifying
more than one example of that concept
 students go beyond merely associating a key term with
a definition
 concept is learned more thoroughly and retention is
improved

5. Benefits of learner from
conceptualization
They can make insights gained in certain
problematic situations.
Through their ability to generalize, they
become mor efficient in solving problems
they encounter.
They could see and realize that bits of
information which is isolated to be
organized and pieced together like a
puzzle

6. Roles of the teacher
 Never tell the students the principles or rule
which the students are supposed to state at
the end of the lesson
 Should help the students gather sufficient
data to enable them to form the expected
generalization
 Should be able to master the cognitive
hierarchy of his discipline
 Should categorize all knowledge pertinent
to his area

7. Hierarchy of Cognition
Conceptual
Scheme
Principle
Generalization
Concept
Fact

8. Term: Fact
Meaning: Simple statement of truth
Examples:
Ice melts, water freezes, wax, liquid
solidifies, water vapour, condenses, mothballs
sublimate

9. Term: Concept
Meaning: Synthesis or constellation of
related facts
Examples :

Ice, water, wax, water vapour, and
mothballs are all matter

10. Term: Generalization
Meaning: General statement relating two or
more concepts
Examples: By relating matter with physical
change, the general statement may likely to
be. “All matter undergo physical change.”

11. Term: Principle
Meaning: Statement of fundamental
processes, true without exception, withtin
the stated limitations, capable of
demonstration or illustration
Examples:
The principle involved in the physical
change of matter is conversation.

12. Term: Conceptual Scheme
Meaning: The main pervasive theme
underlying a major field of study
Examples:
Understanding the environment through
matter and energy

13. Important Notes
 Flow of ideas from facts up to conceptual
schemes is from simple to complex- allowing
students to organize their thoughts from bits
of information to larger cognitive level.
 Students should be given lots of
opportunities to read, listen, and write to
expose them to as many situations as
possible and lead them to categorize
information.

14. References
www.openuniclsu.edu.ph/openfiles/
modules/ed710/lesson4.doc
Garcia, Manuel. Focus on Teaching:
Philippines: Rex Store,1989.