Notes by Payal Mudliar..........

1. Teaching Aptitude
NTA Net New Syllabus
By Payal Mudliar
Unit -1

2. By Payal Mudliar
Notes and MCQs
1. Teaching Concept, Objectives, Levels
of teaching , Characteristic and Basic
Requirements
(Total No. of Questions = 5
Total Marks = 10)
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3. What is Teaching Aptitude ?
• It is the process to share your knowledge and helps others
to achieve their goals. According to Morrison, it is intimate contact
between the more mature personality and less mature one. …..
Teaching + Aptitude = Teaching Aptitude
• Teaching = “It is personal relationship between teacher and the
student causing behaviour modification” - By Gage
• Aptitude = Natural behaviour to do something
• Teaching Aptitude = A natural ability to teach

4. Concept of Teaching ?
• Teaching is a part of teaching learning process. It is required to bring
specific changes in a person according to the need of society and
environment in which he is living. It is a process in which learners,
teacher, curriculum and other variables are organized in a systematic way
to attain some pre determined goal. It is an important part of Education
Some definitions
• Smith - “Teaching is a system of actions intended to produce
learning”
• Ryburns - “Teaching is a relationship which keeps the child to
develop all his powers”
• Jackson – “Teaching is a face to face encounters between to or
more persons, one of whom intends to bring certain changes in
the other participants

5. Three View - points of Teaching ?
Authoritarian Democratic Liassez Faire
Teacher
Centered
Student
Centered
Subject
Centered

6. Objectives of Teaching Concept ?
To bring desired changes in pupils
Acquisition of knowledge
Formation of belief
To shape behaviour and conduct
To improve learning skills of students
To provide a social and efficient member of society

7. Characterization of Good Teaching ?
A desire to share your love of the subject with students
An ability to make the material being taught stimulating and interesting
A capacity to explain the material plainly
Showing concern and respect for students
Using valid assessment methods
Giving the highest quality feedback on student work
Using teaching methods and academic tasks that require students to learn actively

8. Nature of Teaching ?
Dynamic
Social
Humane
Both Art
and Science
Diverse in
Application

9. Characterization of Teaching ?
System of actions
Professional Activity
Subjected to analysis and assessment
Interactive process
Specialized task
Collection of various modes

10. Goals of Teaching ?
Teaching–To bring changes in the behaviour of students
Conditioning–To improve the learning skills of the students
Training –Shaping behaviour and conduct
Instruction–Acquisition of knowledge
Indoctrination –Formation of belief
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11. Teachers teach students at three levels. They have to keep in mind
about the developmental stage of the learners so that desired
educational objectives can be achieved. These three levels are.
Memory level: Thoughtless teaching.
Understanding level: Thoughtful teaching.
Reflective level: Upper thoughtful level

12. Hierarchy of Levels of Teaching ?
Reflective Level
Understanding Level
Memory Level
Most Thoughtful
Less Thoughtful
Thoughtful

13. What is Memory level Teaching ?
Objective – To impart information or Knowledge
• Supported by Herbert’s theory of Appreciation.
• Covers only the knowledge based objective of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
• First stage of Teaching.
• Factual in Nature.
• Useful in Lower Classes
• Teacher dominated methods are used like drill, review, revision and asking
questions.
• Evaluation system – oral, written and essay-type examination.

14. Merits of Memory level Teaching ?
• Useful for young children.
• Helpful in learning new concepts.
• Useful for slow learners.
• Base for understanding and reflective levels.
Demerits of Memory level Teaching ?
• Not Suitable for higher classes.
• Dominance of teacher.
• Little interaction in the classroom.
• Loss of retention and recall.
• Use of rote memory.
• Problem of classroom management.

15. What is Understanding level of Teaching ?
Objective – To develop the cognitive abilities of the students.
• Understanding level of teaching explain pupils about the relationship
between principles and facts.
• It also lets students know where these principles are applicable.
• It comes between memory level and Reflective level.
• Understanding means to comprehend, to grasp and to have knowledge of, to
learn, to interpret and to infer, etc.
• According to Herbert three forms of mental reality - sense impressions,
images and elective elements of pleasure and pain play an important role in
understanding level.

16. Objectives of Understanding level of Teaching
Objectives
Understanding
objectives
It is the understanding of instructional messages
by means of interpreting, exemplifying, classifying,
comparing, inferring etc.
Application Objectives
It includes the use of a proper procedure for executing
and implementing the use of principle/ rules in practical
life situations.
Nature of subject matter
The content for teaching-learning at this level is quite wide as
compared to that needed at memory level teaching. The content
also includes the application of the principle/generalizations in
due real life situations.

17. Methods used for teaching
in Understanding level
of Teaching
Classroom climate
Lecture method
Lecture-demonstration
Discussion
Exemplification and explanation
Inductive-deductive
More likely and encouraging as compared to that of
memory level teaching.
Learners are actively engaged in the learning process.
Learners are actively engaged in the learning process.

18. Nature of motivation
Teaching equipment
Motivation at understanding level of teaching is extrinsic as well as
intrinsic in nature.
Models charts
flash cards Pictures, etc.
Evaluation
Tests and tools should be properly planned. Planned tests could evaluate the
student’s ability to comprehend, gasp, analyze, synthesize, discriminate etc.

19. Merits of Understanding level
Teaching ?
• Effective Learning
• Development of different cognition abilities.
• Set stages for entering into the reflective
stage of teaching.
• Effective classroom interaction.
Demerits of Understanding
level Teaching ?
• Ignores higher cognitive abilities.
• Less emphasis on intrinsic
motivation.
• No individualized learning.
• Teacher centered

20. Objective –
To develop insight into the learner to solve problems.
To develop rational and critical thinking in the students.
To develop the ability of independent thinking and decision making in the students.
What is Reflective level Teaching ?
• This level is also known as introspective level. Reflecting on something means
giving careful thought to something over a period of time. It also means
thinking deeply about something.
• Reflective level of teaching is considered to be the highest level at which
teaching is carried out.
• Highest level of Teaching Learning process

21. Characteristics are Reflective level Teaching
The role of the teacher in this level of teaching is democratic.
The role of the students is quite active.
Teaching at the reflective level enables the students to solve the real problems of life.
A student can attain this level only after going through memory level and
understanding level.
It is highly thoughtful and useful.
At this level, the student is made to face a real problematic situation.

22. Merits of Reflective level Teaching ?
Demerits of Reflective level Teaching ?
• The teaching at this level is leaner- centered.
• There is an interaction between the teacher
and the taught
• Teaching is appropriate for the higher class.
• Teaching is highly thoughtful and useful than
the teaching at the memory or understanding
level.
• Not suitable for small children at the lower level of teaching.
• Therefore students cannot acquire systematic and organized knowledge of their
study courses.

23. • Teaching is Dynamic (Changing in Communication
and Environment)?
There are 3 Variables
of Environment
Independent Dependent Intervening
Teacher Students Teaching Methods/
Teaching Strategy
(Intervening – It assist in the process of Teaching)

24. Basic Requirements of Teaching ?
Professionalism
Suitable
environment
Student’s
discipline
Teacher –
Student
relationship
Teacher’s
Devotion
All three
variables

25. Payal Mudliar
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