Unit II

UNDERSTANDING LEVEL OF
TEACHING

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 MEANING

• Generalising rules or principles

• Students can identify the relationship between

individual facts and principles

• Acquisition of new facts and applying in practical

life

Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU

 UNDERLYING PSYCHOLOGICAL
THEORIES

Herbartian theory

• Systematic presentation of the subject with the

previous knowledge of the student

• Previous knowledge- systematic presentation of

the subject- generalisation

Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU

 UNDERLYING PSYCHOLOGICAL
THEORIES

Gestalt field theory

Perceive the situation

Identify relationship of common elements

Gained insight applied in problematic situation

Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU

UNDERLYING PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES

Gestalt field theory

Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU

Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
 OBJECTIVES

1.Knowledge objective
Factual information

2. Understanding objectives
•See the relationship between acquired facts
•Identify similarities and dissimilarities between
the acquired facts
•Generalisations
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
 NATURE OF THE SUBJECT
MATTER

★Planning, sequential, organised

presentation and meaningful
learning

★Linked with previous knowledge

Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
 ROLE OF TEACHER

• Dominant and authoritative

• Too much subject centred- full

attention on desired understanding
objectives
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
 ROLE OF LEARNER

✴Activein acquiring the desired

understanding of the learned facts
✴Students have to act and interact

Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU

NATURE OF MOTIVATION

Extrinsic motivation

Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU

 METHODS EMPLOYED

๏Lecture cum demonstration or

explanation

๏Question- answer method

Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU

 TESTING DEVICES USED

➡Testing of recall and recognising ability

➡Motor skills of making use of the learned

principle

➡Short answer type questions

Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU

 MERITS
‣Long retention of learned information

‣Acquisition and interpretation of new facts

‣Levels of teaching- analysing, synthesising,

comparing, generalisations can be
performed at this level of teaching
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
 DEMERITS
๏ Teacher and subject centred rather than
child centred

๏Lack of independent thinking and problem

solving skills

๏Lack of cognitive ability and independent

thinking
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU