INSTRUCTIONAL EVENTS MODEL: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW IN THE CONTEXT OF THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS

There are two basic factors of education systems which aim to change the individual's cognitive, affective and psycho-motor behaviors through their own lives in the desired direction and permanently.These factors correspond to the concepts of “learning” which is related to the learner, and “teaching” which is related to the teacher. It is crucial that the theoretical backgrounds are based on teaching models in which they are valid and reliable in order to achieve the general and distant goals of education. The instructional model can be defined as identifying the conditions under which the learning objectives are likely to be achieved and the methods that best meet these requirements. There are many instructional models in the literature that affect education systems. One of these models is “Instructional Events Model” developed by Gagne. The instructional events model benefited from behavioral, cognitive, and information processing models and synthesized the most general characteristics of these models in a way. It is seen that the theoretical foundations of the model are discussed superficially.On the other hand, the number of studies on the effectiveness of this model or the researches about the model is quite low in our country. The instructional events model consists of three main components: learning stages, learning categories and learning products. In this study, which is a review, the information related to the instructional events model is compiled, gathered and the theoretical foundations and basic components are explained clearly and in detail as a instructional events model: teacher handbook. In this respect, it is hoped that the study will contribute both to the literature and to the teachers who are the basic elements of the teaching-learning process in practice.

Keywords

Gagne, Instructional Events Model, instructional model, teaching principles and methods.