Modular training is a way of organizing the educational process based on the block-modular presentation of educational information.
The Essence of Modular Learning
The essence of modular training is that the content of training is structured into autonomous organizational and methodological blocks - modules , the content and volume of which can vary depending on didactic goals, profile and level differentiation of students, students' desires for choosing an individual trajectory of movement according to the training course. Modules can be required and elective (optional).
The combination of modules should provide the necessary degree of flexibility and freedom in the selection and packaging of the required specific training material for training (and independent study) of a certain category of students and the implementation of special didactic and professional goals.
A necessary element of modular training is usually a rating system for assessing knowledge , which assumes a score for student performance based on the results of studying each module.
A module is an integral set of skills, knowledge, attitudes and experience (competencies) to be developed that are described in the form of requirements that a student must meet upon completion of the module and which is an integral part of a more general function. The module is significant for the world of work. Each module is evaluated and usually certified.
The modules themselves are formed as a structural unit of the curriculum in the specialty; as an organizational and methodological interdisciplinary structure, in the form of a set of sections from different disciplines, united by thematic basis; or as an organizational and methodological structural unit within the framework of an academic discipline.
The main examples of teaching materials based on this principle are modern English textbooks, such as Opportunities .
How is modular learning different from other learning systems?
- The content of the training is presented in information blocks, the assimilation of which is carried out in accordance with the goal. The didactic goal is formulated for the student and contains not only an indication of the volume of the studied content, but also the level of its assimilation. In addition, each student receives written advice from the teacher on how to act more rationally, where to find the necessary teaching material, etc.
- The form of communication between teacher and student is changing. It is carried out through modules and plus personal individual communication .
- The student works the maximum time independently, learns self-planning, self-organization, self-control and self-esteem. This makes it possible for him to become aware of himself in activity, to determine the level of assimilation of knowledge himself, to see gaps in his knowledge and skills.
- The presence of modules with a printed base allows the teacher to individualize work with individual students.