TRANSFORMING
TRADITIONAL
UNIT TEACHING
by William Stewart
1st edition, 87 pages, $10.95
ISBN 978-0-896410-107-4 
Although the idea
has been with us for many years, unit teaching still essentially
remains a largely unfulfilled goal. In all probability, this can
be primarily attributed to the fact that the unit procedure has
typically been both difficult and time-consuming to apply. Consequently,
Transforming Traditional Unit Teaching introduces a practical,
flexible plan that eliminates the disadvantages of traditional
unit teaching. This modified format greatly expedites and simplifies
the planning. organizational, management, and assessment processes
of unit teaching so as to maximize its effects.
The chapters that
follow present this new unit teaching approach in terms of its
underlying theory, principles, meaning, characteristics, possibilities,
and application. More specifically, this book
- provides a general
frame of reference by examining the basic concepts that underlie
both unit teaching and the resource unit;
- suggests how unit
teaching can be modified to accelerate, extend, and simplify
its use;
- describes how the
resource unit is constructed and applied in the modified unit
teaching plan;
- explains how the
modified unit teaching plan organizes and unifies the learning
objectives, activities, materials, and evaluation devices into
a comprehensive, instructional management system;
- points out how
the modified unit teaching approach effectively accommodates
the various abilities, interests, and needs of the learners;
- discusses how the
modified unit teaching plan can be used to teach the basic skills
in addition to attitudes and understandings;
- tells how the progress
of the learners id determined and reported in the modified unit
teaching format;
- specifies how pre
and in-service teacher education programs can be developed to
bring about awareness, knowledge, and understanding of the modified
unit teaching concept and technique.
Transforming Traditional
Unit Teaching is suitable for use in both undergraduate and graduate
education courses; in addition, it can be considered a reference
book for in-service professionals.
CONTENTS
Chapter 1: UNIT TEACHING
Chapter 2: THE RESOURCE UNIT
Chapter 3: MAXIMIZING UNIT TEACHING
Chapter 4: INDIVIDUALIZATION OF INSTRUCTION
Chapter 5: DEVELOPING THE RESOURCE UNIT
Chapter 6: APPLYING THE RESOURCE UNIT
Chapter 7: EVALUATING AND REPORTING LEARNER PROGRESS
Chapter 8: TEACHER EDUCATION
SELECTED READINGS