What is capacity development teaching?

Nowadays, capacity development teaching or capacity development-oriented teaching is no longer a strange concept for most teachers. However, not many teachers can accurately understand the concept and characteristics of capacity development teaching. So let's share and discuss together to redefine the concept of teaching and what is capacity development? What role does it bring to our education system and to our students? Let's learn and discuss with the teaching manual to clarify its concept and characteristics.

1. The concept of teaching and developing capacity

1.1. Teaching concept

There are many views on teaching. Here, the Teaching Manual would like to give two points of view as follows:

In the view of educational researchers: “Teaching is all manipulations aimed at transferring spiritual values, understandings, and cultural values ​​that humanity or a community has acquired into inside a person” .

This concept fully explains how education is trying to train people to adapt to the current needs of society. However, this concept makes education always go behind the development of society. Because it only has the task of recreating the socio-spiritual values ​​that have been materialized somehow to become spiritual values ​​inside the learners.

Some other viewpoints based on development, especially in science and technology, say that "Teaching is a process consisting of all organized and oriented manipulations that help learners step by step become more competent and competent." thinking power and capacity to act with the aim of capturing the spiritual values, knowledge, skills, and cultural values ​​that humanity has acquired so that on that basis it is possible to solve problems. practical problems posed in the whole life of each learner creatively and effectively”.

I myself (as a teacher) feel more like this point of view because it shows us: in addition to the present mission, the values ​​​​that humanity and the community achieve, it also has the duty to help people Learning develops competencies to solve real-life problems creatively and effectively. From this point of view, it shows that teaching is always associated with practice and with the development of society.

From the above two points of view, we can see that to give the most general and accurate concept of teaching is not a simple task . So we can generalize as follows: “ Teaching is a process consisting of a whole set of organized and oriented operations that help learners gradually form the necessary competencies to solve real-life problems. realities in the lives of every learner creatively and effectively. ”

1.2. Competency Concepts

From the point of view of psychologists : Competence is a combination of unique attributes of an individual that is suitable for the requirements of a certain activity, ensuring that that activity has good results. Competence is both the premise and the result of activities. Competence is both a condition for successful activities, but at the same time, capacity also develops in the activity itself 

Thus capacities form on the basis of the individual's natural qualities where they play an important role. Human capacity is not entirely natural, but mostly due to work and practice.

1.3. Teaching capacity development

Teaching capacity development is the process of designing, organizing and coordinating teaching and learning activities, focusing on the outputs of this process. It emphasizes how learners need to achieve competency levels after finishing a teaching phase (or process) .

2. Characteristics of capacity development teaching

The most important feature of teaching capacity development is to identify and measure the output "competency" of students. Based on students' mastery of knowledge, skills and attitudes in the learning process.

Here are the salient features of competency-oriented teaching (Based on “Criteria for evaluating textbooks towards competency development”)

• Objective characteristics: Focus on forming qualities and capacities through the formation of knowledge and skills; Teaching objectives are described in detail and can be quantified and assessed. Teach to know how to work and solve problems.
• Characteristics of teaching content: The content is selected to achieve the output capacity goals. Focus on practical skills, apply in practice. The content of the teaching program is open, creating conditions for teachers and learners to easily update new knowledge.
• Organizational features:
  • The teacher mainly plays the role of an organizer, advisor, and supports learners to acquire knowledge; Focus on developing problem solving skills.
  • Promote organization in the form of activities, learners actively participate in activities to explore, discover and receive new knowledge.
  • The lesson plan is designed with differentiation according to the level and ability of learners
  • Learners have many opportunities to express their opinions, views and participate in criticism.

• Features of teaching space: The teaching space is flexible, creating an open and friendly atmosphere in the classroom. Classes can be indoors or outdoors, in parks, in museums, etc. to easily organize group activities.
• Characteristics of assessment: Evaluation criteria are based on "output" results, concerned with the progress of learners. Focus on the ability to apply learned knowledge into practice. In addition, an important feature in assessment is: learners can participate in the assessment process, improving their critical capacity, an important quality of people in the modern era.
• Features of educational products:
  • Knowledge acquired by learners is the ability to apply in practice.
  • Promoting self-discovery, discovery and application, so learners are not dependent on learning materials
  • Learners become confident, dynamic and capable people.

Above are some basic sharing about capacity development teaching. Draw on personal and professional insights gained from studying and working with leading education experts. We hope to provide teachers and students with another perspective on teaching and developing competence.

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