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Thematic Approach

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This way of teaching and learning , whereby different areas of the curriculum are related together and integrated to a central theme.

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•It allows literacy to grow progressively.•It guides connected ideas to follow on easily.

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• Loughran (2005) similarly reiterates that the idea of teaching with themes as a means of integrating curriculum can be traced back to the reforms of 1930’s (Lipson et al. 1993).•Dewey (1990,140) discussed “meaningful

learning” for young children as their attempt to “seek wholes, varied through episode, enlivened with action, and defined in salient features”

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Thematic teaching is about students actively constructing their own knowledge.

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Piaget (1962) believed that knowledge is built in a slow, continuous construction of skills and understanding that each child brings to each situation as he or she matures.

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Vygotsky (1997, 175) suggested that social interaction and collaboration were powerful sources of transformation in the child's thinking.

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Thematic Approach-is the process of integrating and linking multiple elements of a curriculum in an ongoing exploration of many different aspects of a topic or subject.

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Elements that foster success in a thematic project.• initiation of the theme• the teacher’s role• group exploration• Integrating the theme with curriculum

and learning centers•Building and maintaining spirit and

enthusiasm

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CONSTRUCTIVISM APPROACH

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•Understanding the world through refection of one's experiences.

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•Wilson (2003)-Constructivists see reading as a social

practice which affect when you read, what you read, where you read, who you read with and why and how you read.

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Content-Based Instruction (CBI) Thematic Approach Constructivism

Reading in relation to other subject areas

Different areas in the curriculum are related to central them.

Understanding the world through refection of one's experiences.

“ Learning about something rather than learning about the language”

Teachers role is to initiate the theme.

Learners engender their own “mental models’ to generate and regenerate ideas from experiences and to adjust and accommodate to new experiences.

Development of use-oriented second and foreign language skills

Students will construct their own knowledge. Reading is a social practice.

Table. 8 CBI, Thematic Approach and Constructivism