TEACHING APTITUDE

IF U FOLLOWING POINTS THEN IT IS VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS MEANT BY TEACHING APTITUDE

I.    Concept of Teaching

Education is important for:
·         Preservation and transmission of culture

·         Preparation for a vocation

A proper definition of teaching should:

·         Identify whether teaching is a process or product

·         Indicate Constitutional factors

·         Reveal Objectives

·         Reveal Organizational & Structural Aspect

                  Definitions of Teaching

                          1.      Brubacher

                     ·         Where the pupils play a central role

       2.      Smith

·         An organized system of specific activities aimed to help the learner learn something

·         Considered a tripolar process involving an agent, goal & intervening variables

      3.      Morrison

·         A disciplined social process

·         Where the teacher influences the behaviour of less experienced pupil

·         Helps them develop according to the need & ideas of the society

4.      Gage

·         Personal relationship between teacher & taught resulting in behaviour modification

5.      Amidon

·         A process of  cooperative social interaction between teacher and taught

6.      Clarke

·         All organized activities resulting in behaviour modification

7.      Green

·         What a teacher does for the development of a child

II. Nature and Characteristics of Teaching

Nature of Teaching:

a. Dynamic, Social & Humane: Influenced by human & social factors

b. An Art & Science: Exercise of being systematic & including talent & creativity

c. Diverse in Application: There are various forms of teaching

Characteristics of Teaching

a. A system of actions

b. A professional activity

c. Subjected to analysis & assessment

d. An interactive process

e. A specialized task

f.  A collection of various modes

III.    Aims & Modes of Teaching

Aims of Teaching

a. Change the behaviour of students – Teaching

b. Improve learning skills of students – Conditioning

c. Shaping behaviour & conduct – Training

d. Acquisition of knowledge – Instruction

e. Formation of beliefs  - Indoctrination

Modes of Teaching

1. Training helps to shape conduct and various skills

2. Instruction & Indoctrination work on a higher footing than conditioning & training

3. Instruction is concerned with the development of knowledge & understanding in an individual

4. Teaching is aimed towards the shaping of a total individual

5. Indoctrination is a high level of teaching shaping beliefs & ideals

IV.    Objectives of Teaching

·         Desired changes in pupils

·         Shape behaviour & conduct

·         Acquisition of knowledge

·         Improve learning skills

·         Formation of a belief system

·         Provide a social & efficient member to the society

V.   Modern Concepts of Teaching

a.       Questioning

·         By the teacher to the student and student to the teacher

b.      Discussion

·         Clears doubts of students

·         Expression of thought

·         Teacher directs discussion

c.       Investigation

·         Either individual or group after the teacher presents the information

·         Can be followed by expression of thoughts of the students

d.      Expression

·         Can be in the form of practical activities

VI.   Basic Requirements in Teaching

a.       Three variables in teaching – Includes the Teacher, Student & Environmental factors

b.      Professionalism

c.       Suitable Environment

d.      Teacher Student Relationship

e.       Students Discipline

f.       Teacher & Students devotion to teaching & learning

Learner Characteristics

i. Readiness – Motivation, interest & curiosity to learn

ii. Exercise – Practice what is learnt

iii. Effect – Activities associated with pleasure are preferred over those that lead to pain or punishment

iv. Attitudes & Habits – Must be positive & encouraging

v.  Absence of anger & jealousy- They weaken learning abilities

vi.  Slow beginning followed by gradual development of interests

VII.   Factors Effecting Teaching

·         The three variables of the teacher, student & environment

·         Teacher student relationship

·         Methods of teaching used

·         Teacher- Administration relationship

·         The social environment

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. Emotional Adjustment of students is effective in-
(A) Personality formation
(B) Class-teaching
(C) Discipline
(D) All of the above

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2. Black-board can be included in which group/category of teaching-aids ?
(A) Audio-aids
(B) Visual•aids
(C) Audio-visual aids
(D) None of the above

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3. Which of the following is related with teaching skill ?
(A) Black-board writing
(B) Solving questions
(C) Asking questions
(D) All the above

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4. Students who ask questions in the class should be-
(A) Advised to meet the teacher after the class
(B) Encouraged to participate in the discussion in the class
(C) Encouraged to continue asking questions
(D) Encouraged to search answers independently

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5. At authoritarian level teaching is ……
(A) Teacher centered
(B) Child—centered
(C) Headmaster centered
(D) Experience based

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6. Who developed the interaction analysis category system in education for increasing the teacher effectiveness
(A) Flander
(B) Rayon
(C) Amidon and Simon
(D) Richard Over

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7. One of the important theory of moral development has been proposed by——

(A) Laurence Kohlberg
(B) Erik Fromm
(C) Daniel Coleman
(D) Benjamin Bloom

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8. Character is developed by-
(A) Will-power
(B) Conduct and behavior
(C) Morality
(D) All of the above

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9. Which of the following is not a level of teaching learning ?
(A) Differentiation level
(B) Memory level
(C) Reflective level
(D) Understanding level

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10. NUEPA is mainly concerned with-

(A) Educational Supervision
(B) Educational Unity
(C) Educational Planning
(D) Educational Evaluation

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11. The name of Yashpal Committee Report (1993) is-
(A) I.C.T. in Teacher education
(B) Learning without Burden
(C) Learning through Broad- casting
(D) None of the above

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12. The Father of Psychoanalysis is-
(A) Erik H. Erikson
(B) ]ean Piaget
(C) Jerorne S. Bruner
(D) Sigmund Freud

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13. In pedagogy computer is used-
(A) To motivate the learner
(B) To provide feedback
(C) To interact with the learner
(D) For all the above

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14. Which of the following is die brain of the computer ?
(A) Programme
(B) Central processing unit
(C) Memory
(D) Hard Disc

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15. Spare the rod —- spoil the child.
This assumption is related to that type of discipline which has been advocated-
(A) By naturalist philosophy
(B) By pragmatist philosophy
(C) In Victorian Era
(D) In Democratic Era

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16. The concept of school complex was first executed in-
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Bihar
(D) Rajasthan

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17. The proponent of the Cognitive Theory of teaching is-
(A) N. L. Gage
(B) Shiv Kumar Mitra
(C) B. F. Skiner
(D) McDonald

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18, Instruction medium affects the absence and escape from class teaching-
(A) Agreed
(B) Indefinite
(C) Disagreed
(D) None of the above

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19, The determinant of teaching skill training is-
(A) Components
(B) Pupil-teacher
(C) Supervisor
(D) Headmaster

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20. For a good communication ..,…… is requried.
(A) Clarity of thought
(B) Dramatic Presentation
(C) Speaking in a mild tone
(D) Speaking without pause

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21. Which of the following is an approach to educational planning ? .
(A) Man-power approach
(B) Social Demand approach
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

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22. Institutional planning should be based on-
(A) Aim and needs
(B) Time—table
(C) Administration
(D) Need

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23. Teacher behaviour ought to be-
(A) Administrative
(B) Instructive
(C) Idealistic
(D) Directive

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24. Information highway or net is-
(A) Computer
(B) Internet
(C) Intranet
(D) Key-board

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25. INSAT—1(B) has been launched in-
(A) 30 April, 1983
(B) 30 August, 1983
(C) 30 December, 1983
(D) 30 January, 1984

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26. The number of representatives of Central Government in UGC is-
(A) 09
(B) 02
(C) 06
(D) O3

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27. Computer language is based on-—
(A) Number system
(B) Symbol system
(C) Series system
(D) None of the above

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28. The main task of educational computer is-
(A) Scoring the answers
(B) Preserve the information
(C) Analysis of data
(D) All of the above

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29. UNESCO satellite directed television program was used first
(A) 1926
(B) 1959
(C) 1961
(D) 1965

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30. In which of the following instructional procedure is the main component ?
(A) Synectics teaching model
(B) Basic teaching model
(C) Inductive model
(D) Social-stimulation

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31. The computer based teaching model has been developed by-
(A) Gilbert (1962)
(B) Stolurow and Davis (1965)
(C) Robert Gagne (1965)
(D) Mecner (1965)

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32. Which of the following expectation students have from group learning ?
(A) To get appreciation from the group
(B) To distribute the work equally
(C) To ignore individual view point
(D) To attract isolated student towards the group

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33. In order to modify the undesirable behaviour of a student the most effective method is-
(A) To punish the student
(B) To bring it to the notice of parents
(C) To find out the reasons for the undesirable behaviour and provide remedies
(D) To ignore it

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34. In which university the micro-teaching system started in 1961 ?
(A) Stanford University
(B) Oxford University
(C) Delhi University
(D) M. S. University Baroda(India)

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35. The correct meaning of C.A.I. is-
(A) Characteristics of Assistant Instructor
(B) Computer Assisted Instruction
(C) Community Assisted Instruction
(D) None of the above

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36. “Man is born free but every-where he is in chains/’ This statement has been given by-
(A) Abraham Maslow
(B) Jean Jacques Rousseau
(C) John Dewey
(D) W. I-I. Kilpatrick

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37. Written communication strategy includes-
(A) Algorithms
(B) Decision Table
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

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38. Main responsibility of School Management lies on-
(A) Principal
(B) Teachers
(C) Manager
(D) All of the above

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39, Major objective of School Discipline is-
(A) To ensure safety of staff and students
(B) To create an environment conducive for teaching
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

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40. At primary level teacher-taught ratio was 1 : 39-
(A) According to sixth educational survey of all India
(B) According to fifth educational survey of all India
(C) According to fourth educational survey of all India
(D) According to second educational survey of all India

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41. A fault in a computer programme which prevents it from working correctly is known as-
(A) Bug
(B) Error
(C) Boo~Boo
(D) Virus

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42, Practical knowledge of language is learnt at—
(A) School
(B) Language laboratory
(C) Language teaching
(D) Language instruction

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43. Dropping out from school means-

(A) To come to school casually
(B) To leave the school forever
(C) To play truant from class
(D) None of the above

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44. Which one of the following is not a principle of a good time table ?
(A) Flexibility
(B) Ruthless master
(C) Variety
(D) Coordination of efforts

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45. The reason of absence and escape from school is—
(A) Lack of interest in syllabus
(B) Poor method of teaching
(C) Ineffective teacher
(D) All the above

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46. Ministry of Human Resource Development was established on-
(A) Oct. 26, 1985
(B) Sept. 16, 1985
(C) Sept. 26, 1985
(D) Sept. 10, 1986

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47. The scope of Decision-Making is—
(A) Management
(B) Organization
(C) Administration
(D) Supervision

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48. Factor of personality is—
(A) Ductless glands
(B) Family background
(C) School
(D) All the above

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50, Which of the following aspects is discussed in a Teacher’s Diary ?
(A) Class Time Table
(B) Teaching Content
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above

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51. 10 + 2 + 3 system of education was recommended by—
(A) Kothari Commission
(B) Mudaliar Commission
(C) Radhakrishnan Commission
(D) National Policy on Education (1986)

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52. ………. refers to states within a person or animal that drive behaviour towards some goal.
(A) Competence
(B) Affiliation
(C) Motivation
(D) Self-actualisation

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53. Psychologists who diagnose learning problems and try to remedy them are called …………… Psychologists.
(A) Social
(B) Community
(C) School
(D) Clinical

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54. The concept of state of readiness in maturation is important in understanding development of behaviour because it teaches us that certain skills may be difficult or impossible to learn before a given—
(A) Level of teaching
(B) Intelligence level
(C) Socio-economic level
(D) Age level

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55. A child with average potential intelligence but fertile environment will achieve—
(A) A better life
(B) An average life
(C) Nothing in life
(D) Everything in life

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56. Siblings, parents and teachers are important source of ………. for the children.
(A) Motivation
(B) Information
(C) Opinions
(D) Attitudes

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57. A good understanding of ……….. makes us know about ourselves better.
(A) Education
(B) Colours
(C) Social perception
(D) None of the rest

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58. Good tests of a psychological nature bear the following features—
(A) Reliability
(B) Cheaper
(C) Guessing Power
(D) Rote learning

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59. Mental Health is—
(A) Harmonious functioning of the total personality
(B) Symptoms of maladjustment
(C) Terrible excitement
(D) Throwing up temper-tantrums

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60. During the ………….. children are faced with a problem of coping with school.
(A) Toddlerhood
(B) Pro-social period
(C) Preschool period
(D) Middle childhood

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61. The best way to memorize is—
(A) Study for long time
(B) To understand the concept
(C) To read loudly
(D) To write the concept

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62. Students like that teacher who—
(A) Has attractive personality
(B) Belongs to his/her caste
(C) Awards goods work liberally
(D) Has very good knowledge of his/her subject

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63. With the development of technology, the role of teacher in future will be—
(A) To provide information
(B) To develop new text-books
(C) To guide students
(D) To use internet in teaching

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64. To prepare students as good citizen, a teacher should—
(A) Maintain strict discipline
(B) Provide good leadership
(C) Be good orator
(D) Have good general knowledge

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65. Students should be given home-work to—
(A) Study at home
(B) Check their progress by teachers
(C) Keep them busy
(D) develop habit of self-study

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66. It is necessary for the development of school—
(A) Principal and teacher
(B) Students
(C) Good building
(D) Other facilities

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67. If a student comes late in class, then you—
(A) Will ignore him
(B) Will not allow him to sit in class
(C) Will punish him
(D) Will allow him to sit silently

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68. The purpose of National Education Policy is—
(A) Universalisation of primary education
(B) Vocationalisation of education
(C) To review the education
(D) To give equal opportunity of education to all

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69. A teacher learns most by—
(A) His students
(B) His colleagues
(C) His Principal
(D) His experiences during training

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70. On first day in a class you will—
(A) Start teaching from first chapter
(B) Take introduction of students and introduce yourself
(C) Explain the syllabus
(D) Explain the rules of school and your teaching way

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71. The standard of education can be raised by—
(A) Appointing good teachers
(B) Providing physical facilities in schools
(C) Reforming examination system
(D) Providing computer in schools

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72. The purpose of establishing Navodaya Schools is—
(A) To complete ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’ in rural areas
(B) To provide good education in rural areas
(C) Check wastage of education in rural areas
(D) To increase number of schools in rural areas

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73. During teaching, a teacher gives example—
(A) To attract student’s attention
(B) To make lesson interesting
(C) To explain the lesson
(D) To continue the lesson for long time

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74. If students are not taking interest in your teaching, then you will—
(A) Ignore them
(B) Leave the class
(C) Ask them to pay attention
(D) Change the teaching method

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75. According to you, the aim of education should be—
(A) To provide knowledge
(B) To develop personality
(C) To make good ctizen
(D) To reform the society

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