To have a successful class the teacher has to be organized, not only in
the way he/she controls the class, but also in the way he/she plans a class. It
is important for the teacher to write clear objectives and classify them.
Classifying objectives will help the teacher to choose a correct teaching
method and evaluate students correctly. An easy and useful tool to classify
objectives is the Bloom’s Taxonomy. This Taxonomy classifies objectives into
three different domains: cognitive, psychomotor and effective. The cognitive
domain includes objectives related to information and knowledge and is divided
into six different levels: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing,
evaluating and creating. The psychomotor domain includes objectives related to
physical movements and the affective domain includes objectives related to
attitudes, appreciations and emotions. Bloom’s taxonomy can guide our teaching
and planning process in different ways, and also it can be used beyond the
curriculum design.
Bloom’s Taxonomy has been an easy and useful tool for
teachers. It is helpful when you want to organize your activities. This
taxonomy helps teacher to classify objectives according to student’s thinking
level. For instance, if you are teaching beginners you must include on your
objectives verbs like define, locate, spell, etc. which are included in the
lowest level according to the Bloom’s Taxonomy. In other words, using this
Taxonomy correctly the student can improve his/her knowledge little by little.
On the other hand, Bloom’s Taxonomy helps the teacher to think in the way
he/she wants to teach. Using this Taxonomy makes easier the process of creating
activities for a class and also helps the teacher to use a correctly teaching
method. For these reasons Bloom’s Taxonomy has been a useful task for teachers.
On the other
hand, Bloom’s Taxonomy can be used beyond the curriculum design. This Taxonomy
helps the teacher to be organized during a class, and make easier the process
of creating objectives on a lesson plan. But it can also be used beyond the
curriculum and lesson plan design. For example, it could be a useful tool to
evaluate students. This taxonomy can be used on rubrics to evaluate the level
of knowledge of each student. This can help the teacher to know whether the
student is ready to continue with the next level or not.
In conclusion, Bloom’s Taxonomy allows teachers to
create successful objectives. This
taxonomy helps teacher to classify objectives according to student’s thinking,
and also helps the teacher to be organized during the class. This Taxonomy
makes easier the teaching and planning process which can help us to have a
successful class.
Jose Mario Ruiz
ELT Student
Costa Rica
To have a successful class the teacher has to be organized, not only in the way he/she controls the class, but also in the way he/she plans a class. It is important for the teacher to write clear objectives and classify them. Classifying objectives will help the teacher to choose a correct teaching method and evaluate students correctly. An easy and useful tool to classify objectives is the Bloom’s Taxonomy. This Taxonomy classifies objectives into three different domains: cognitive, psychomotor and effective. The cognitive domain includes objectives related to information and knowledge and is divided into six different levels: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating and creating. The psychomotor domain includes objectives related to physical movements and the affective domain includes objectives related to attitudes, appreciations and emotions. Bloom’s taxonomy can guide our teaching and planning process in different ways, and also it can be used beyond the curriculum design.
Jose Mario Ruiz
ELT Student
Costa Rica
ELT Student
Costa Rica
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