3. TAXONOMY
Taxonomy are classification systems
based on organizational scheme.
In this instance , a set of carefully defined
terms organized from simple to complex
and form concrete to abstract, provide a
frame work of categories into which one
may classify educational goals.
4. IMPORTANCE OF TAXONOMY
Provide a common language about educational
goals that can bridge subject matter and grade
level.
Serve as ‘touch stone’ for specifying meaning of
broad educational goals for the class room.
Help to determine the congruence of goals,
class room activities , and assessments.
5. IMPORTANCE OF TAXONOMY
(CONT..)
Provide a panorama of the range of
possible educational goals against which
the limited breadth and depth of any
particular educational curriculum may be
contrasted.
7. BENJAMIN S. BLOOM -BIOGRAPHY
Benjamin Bloom was born on February 21,1913
in Lansford, Pennsylvania.
He received his bachelor’s and master’s degree
from Pennsylvania university in 1935.
In 1940 he became a staff member of the board
of examinations at the university of Chicago.
In march 1942 he received his Ph.D. in
education from Chicago University.
8. BENJAMIN S. BLOOM-BIOGRAPHY
(CONT..)
In 1956, Benjamin Bloom headed a group of
educational psychologists (M.D. Englehart, E.J. Furst,
W.H. Hill and David Karathwhol) were published ‘The
taxonomy of educational objectives, the classification
of educational goals, Hand 1: cognitive domain. (a
classification of levels of intellectual behavior
important in learning.. )
In 1959 he became university examiner.
He was also served as educational adviser in India.
Bloom died in 1999.
9. 3 “domains” Of Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom identified 3 “domains” of learning
that apply to the student.
Cognitive
Affective
Psychomotor
10. PSYCHOMOTOR
“about skill”
Concerned with
Psychomotor skills.
AFFECTIVE
“about attitudes and skills”
Concerned with attitudes,
Values, appreciations
and interests .
COGNITIVE
“about knowing”
Concerned with knowledge
and intellectual abilities.
THE THREE DOMAINS OF BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
11. THE COGNITIVE DOMAIN
Bloom identified six levels within the cognitive
domain, from the simple recall or recognition of
facts, as the lowest level, through increasingly
more complex and abstract mental levels, to the
highest order which is classified as evaluation.
Each of which divided into subcategories also.
