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TEACHING APTTITUDE (NOTES & QUESTIONS)
Definition of
teaching
Teaching includes all the activities of providing education to other. The person who provides education is called teacher. The teacher uses different method for giving best knowledge to his students .He tries his best to make understand students. His duty is to encourage students to learn the subjects.
Teaching means interaction of teacher and students. They participate for their mutual benefits. Both have their own objective and target is to achieve them.
Many great teachers of world define teaching in different way and we can say that teaching is just to train the students so that they can stand on their own foot in society .
In teaching, three main aspects comes in our front
1st is teacher
2nd is students
3rd is education
Nature and characteristics of teaching
1. The main character of teaching is to provide guidance and training.
2. Teaching is interaction between teacher and students.
3. Teaching is an art to give knowledge to students with effective way.
4. Teaching is a science to educate fact and causes of different topics of different subjects.
5. Teaching is continues process .
6. Teacher can teach effectively, if he has full confidence on the subject.
7. Teaching encourages students to learn more and more.
8. Teaching is formal as well as informal
9. Teaching is communication of information to students. In teaching , teacher imparts information in interesting way so that students can easily understand the information .
10. Teaching is tool to help student to adjust himself in society and its environment.
Teaching includes all the activities of providing education to other. The person who provides education is called teacher. The teacher uses different method for giving best knowledge to his students .He tries his best to make understand students. His duty is to encourage students to learn the subjects.
Teaching means interaction of teacher and students. They participate for their mutual benefits. Both have their own objective and target is to achieve them.
Many great teachers of world define teaching in different way and we can say that teaching is just to train the students so that they can stand on their own foot in society .
In teaching, three main aspects comes in our front
1st is teacher
2nd is students
3rd is education
Nature and characteristics of teaching
1. The main character of teaching is to provide guidance and training.
2. Teaching is interaction between teacher and students.
3. Teaching is an art to give knowledge to students with effective way.
4. Teaching is a science to educate fact and causes of different topics of different subjects.
5. Teaching is continues process .
6. Teacher can teach effectively, if he has full confidence on the subject.
7. Teaching encourages students to learn more and more.
8. Teaching is formal as well as informal
9. Teaching is communication of information to students. In teaching , teacher imparts information in interesting way so that students can easily understand the information .
10. Teaching is tool to help student to adjust himself in society and its environment.
QUESTIONS ON TEACHING APTTITUDE
1. If some of the students in the class are found to be using
intoxicants, the teacher should
(a)Inform police
(b)Inform the headmaster
(c)Advice them properly
(d)Punish them
Ans. Advice them properly
2. The mental development of the child most closely parallels
an increase in:
(a)His ability to get along with others.
(b)His ability to profit from experience
(c)His stock of knowledge
(d)His ability to memorize
Ans. His ability to profit from experience
3. Which of the following is not a valuable feedback for
a teacher?
(a)Parents
(b)Colleagues
(c)Librarian
(d)Students
Ans. Librarian
4. Which of the following is true about modern evaluation
system in secondary school?
(a)Encourages root learning
(b)Continuous evaluation system
(c)Product oriented evaluation
(d)Summative evaluation system
Ans. Continuous evaluation system
5. Majority of the teachers in your
school want you to be the staff secretary. You are not very
confident. How will you react to the proposal?
(a)Tell them curtly, that you wouldn’t take it up
(b)Tell them that you are not the apt person
(c)Accept the challenge seeking their co-operation in all
matters.
(d)Suggest the name of somebody instead
Ans. Accept the challenge seeking their co-operation in all
matters.
6. Who is the best motivator of a student at school?
(a)The teacher
(b)The headmaster
(c)The management
(d)Peer group
Ans. The teacher
7. Better schooling tends to raise intelligence:
(a)False
(b)Only to some extent
(c)Don’t know
(d)True
Ans. True
8. In a PTA meeting, how would you behave?
(a)Answer very shortly for the questions asked by the parents
(b)Discuss the abilities and weaknesses of the child
(c)Introduce them to the principal
(d)Try to avoid interaction with the parents
Ans. Discuss the abilities and weaknesses of the child
9. Quality of teaching is based on:
(a)Discipline in the class room
(b)Attainment of information
(c)Development of rapport with students
(d)Overall development of students
Ans. Overall development of students
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10. What step will you take, if the noise from the
neighbouring class disturbs your teaching?
(a)Go to that class and openly tell the teacher that the
noise is quiet distressing
(b)Make a complaint to the principal about the class.
(c)Have a friendly talk with the teacher at some convenient
time and discuss about a solution
(d)Go to the class immediately and scold the teacher
Ans. Go to that class and openly tell the teacher that the
noise is quiet distressing
11. To help a student to select the course of study for
higher education is:
(a)Vocational guidance
(b)Personal guidance
(c)Educational guidance
(d)None of these
Ans. Educational guidance
12. An effective teacher should:
(a)Induce the students to learn
(b)Increase pass precentage
(c)Help the students in preparing good notes
(d)Fininsh the course in time
Ans. Induce the students to learn
13. One of your colleagues request you to do a favour while
evauating a student. Whatwould you do in this situation?
(a)Advice him not to do undesirable things
(b)Pretend to oblige, but do not do any favour
(c)Evaluate the answer book objectively
(d)Scold him and deny the request
Ans. Evaluate the answer book objectively
14. Which of the following is not a defence mechanism?
(a)Suppression
(b)Aggression
(c)Negativism
(d)Repression
Ans. Suppression
15. Why do you prefer teaching profession?
(a)Reasonably good salary
(b)It is a comfortable vocation
(c)It is a noble profession
(d)It is a less responsible vocation
Ans. It is a noble profession
16. “Stress should be laid on principle of Co-operative
activity, flowing accuracy, initiative and individualresponsibilty in
learning” has been stated by:
(a)Gandhiji
(b)Tagore
(c)Aurobindo
(d)Nehru
Ans. Gandhiji
17. A student raises questions in the classroom. The teacher
should:
(a)Scold him for disturbing the whole class
(b)Advise him to learn well
(c)Appraise him and do answer to his question
(d)Pay no attention
Ans. Appraise him and do answer to his question
18. A free democratic classroom will be best suited for:
(a)Children who lacks emotional security
(b)Children from authoritarian homes
(c)Children being trained to become free citizen
(d)Children with strong need for guidance
Ans. Children being trained to become free citizen
19. Teachers who are anthusiastic in the class room
teaching:
(a)Simply dramatize to hold the student’s attention
(b)Involve the students in the teaching learning process
(c)Often lack proficiency in the subjects
(d)All of the above
Ans. Involve the students in the teaching learning process
20. Which of the following teacher traits are the reasons
given by children for not liking the teacher?
(a)Ignorance of the subject matter
(b)Unfairness and favouritism
(c)Unreasonable demands on the children
(d)Irritable and bad temperament
Ans. Irritable and bad temperament
21. Creativity in the classroom can be promoted by:
(a)Giving creativity exercises
(b)Giving rewards for new ideas
(c)Identifying creative children
(d)All the above
Ans. All the above
22. Educational psychology is oriented towards:
(a)The application of the principles and techniques
ofpsychology to the solution of the problems of the class room
(b)The definition of goals for which the teacher
should strive
(c)The identification of potentially successful educational
procedure
(d)The study of the peculiarities of indivdual children
Ans. The application of the principles and techniques
ofpsychology to the solution of the problems of the class room
23. The capacity to think rationally and act purposefully is:
(a)Perception
(b)Intelligence
(c)Reasoning
(d)Creativity
Ans. Intelligence
24. If students do not understand what is taught in the
classroom, the teacher should feel,
(a)Terribly bored
(b)To explain it in a different way
(c)That he is wasting time
(d)Pity for the students
Ans. To explain it in a different way
25. Which of the following provides more freedom to the
learner to interact?
(a)Large group discussion
(b)Seminar
(c)Lecture by experts
(d)Small group discussion
Ans. Small group discussion
26. The first important step in teaching is:
(a)Organising material to be taught
(b)Knowing the background of students
(c)None of these
(d)Planning before hand
Ans. Knowing the background of students
27. A child who is in the habit of stealing is to be dealt
with:
(a)Punishment
(b)Scolding
(c)Counselling
(d)None of the above
Ans. Counselling
28. Which characteristics from the following is least
connected with a teacher?
(a)Command over subject matter
(b)Command respect from political leaders
(c)Effective verbal communication
(d)Good rapport with the students
Ans. Command respect from political leaders
29. General backwardness in learning arises from:
(a)Extrinsic conditions
(b)Transfer of parents
(c)Intellectual deficiency
(d)None of the above
Ans. Extrinsic conditions
30. An effective teacher:
(a)Develops higher thinking power in students
(b)Prepares students to pass the examination
(c)Dictates notes to the students
(d)Gives information related to the syllabus
Ans. Develops higher thinking power in students
31. To all around drawing out of the best in child and man,
in body, mind and spirit is the aim of education according to:
(a)Gandhiji
(b)Vivekananda
(c)Aurobindo
(d)Tagore
Ans. Gandhiji
32. What will you do as a teacher if the students do not
attend your class?
(a)Keep quiet, considering the present attitude of students
(b)Think of using some teaching aids for teaching
(c)Know the reasons, and try to remove them
(d)Blame the students for their absence
Ans. Know the reasons, and try to remove them
33. A defence mechanism by which
the individual justifies his beliefs and actions by giving false
reasons.
(a)Repression
(b)Regression
(c)Rationalisation
(d)Aggression
Ans. Rationalisation
34. Which one of the following is an intellectual skill ?
(a)Drawing
(b)Typing
(c)Teaching
(d)Cycling
Ans. Teaching
35. An example for primary group:
(a)Crowd in a market
(b)Passengers in bus
(c)Family
(d)Trade unions
Ans. Family
36. If majority of students in a large class are invariably
found dozing, there may be something wrong with:
(a)The teaching process
(b)The physical atmosphere of the calss room
(c)The students concerned
(d)All of the above
Ans. All of the above
37. PTA refers to:
(a)Parent Teacher Association
(b)Private Tutors Association
(c)Principal Teachers Association
(d)Private Teacher’s Association
Ans. Parent Teacher Association
38. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good
question paper?
(a)Subjectivity
(b)Reliability
(c)Practicability
(d)Objectivity
Ans. Subjectivity
39. Education is the manifestation of perfection already in
man-is a famous quotation made by:
(a)Froebel
(b)Vivekananda
(c)Rousseau
(d)Gandhiji
Ans. Vivekananda
40. Immediate feedback is an essential characteristic of:
(a)Micro teaching
(b)Team teaching
(c)Practise teaching
(d)Shared teaching
Ans. Micro teaching
41. Which of the following is not a defect of our examination
system?
(a)Examination assess only rote memory
(b)Ignores creative abilities
(c)Continuous and comprehensive evaluation system
(d)Over emphasis to written examination
Ans. Continuous and comprehensive evaluation system
42. A programme organised for the drop-outs and working class
people to secure a university degree through non-formal agencies of education.
(a)Continuing education
(b)Populaion education
(c)Compensatory education
(d)Modernisation
Ans. Continuing education
43. Which of the following is the main cause of indiscipline
in schools?
(a)Over crowded classroom
(b)Lack of good administration
(c)Cruel punishments
(d)All the above
Ans. All the above
44. Adult education should be under the authority of:
(a)Non government organisation
(b)Private sector
(c)Educated persons
(d)Government
Ans. Non government organisation
45. Teaching aids are useful for classroom instruction for:
(a)Making teaching within understanding level
(b)The sake of its use
(c)None of these
(d)Reducing verbalism
Ans. Making teaching within understanding level
46. “Education is life, not a preparation for life”. This
statement summarizes one important aspect of the educational philosophy of:
(a)Rousseau
(b)Herbart
(c)Froebel
(d)John Dewey
Ans. John Dewey
47. KER means:
(a)Kendra Education Rules
(b)Kerala Educational Regulation
(c)Kendra Editors Rules
(d)Kerala Education Rules
Ans. Kerala Education Rules
48. ‘Main streaming’ is a term associated with:
(a)Environment education
(b)Education for the handicapped
(c)Interage class grouping
(d)Career education
Ans. Education for the handicapped
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POINTS TO REMEMBER
*
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti was registered as a society on “15 August 1950
* Who
was the Chairman of the first Indian Education Commission = “Sir John Hunter
*
Who organizes the National Talent Search Competitive Test =
“N.C.E.R.T.
* When
was Central Advisory Board of Education set up = “1956
*
Navodaya Vidyalayas have been set up =“In Rural Areas
* The
programme Gyan Vani is broadcasted by =“AIR
* When
was N.C.E.R.T. Established ON “2nd Oct.
1971
* In
1936-37 who submitted the report on technical Education = “Abbot
* Who
conducts the admission test for Novdaya Vidyalayas = “N.C.E.R.T
.* Who
was the chairperson of Wardha Scheme = “Zakir Hussain
*
National law school of India is situated at “Bangalore
*
A.I.C.T.E. stands for =“All India Council of Technical Education
* In
which year University Grants Commission Act was passed = “1956 A.D.
* The
central Institude of Indian Languages is located at = “Mysore
* Which
Organization was established during Bengal Partition = “National Council
of Education
* Which
was the first University to be opened in Britishers time ? =“CalcuttaUniversity
* To
whom did Lord Macaulay present the famous Macaulaya's minute ? =“LordBentinck
*
In which year C.B.S.E. set up open school ? “1985
* What
was the other name for hunter commission =“Indian Education Commission
* What
amount was sanctioned by Charter Act of 1813 to be spent on education ?=“One
Lakh
*
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan has its head quarters at “New Delhi
* Which
is the first open University of India ? “Indira Gandhi open University New
Delhi
* What
is the Minimum qualification requird to appear in any examination of the
OpenUniversity ? “No Minimum qulification
*
Regional College of Education for the Northern region is located at
“Ajmer
* Where
is situated the Regional College of Education for the eastem region
?“Bhuvaneshwar
* Where
is Regional College of Education for Western region ? “Ujjain
* Regional
College of Education for the Southern region is at “Mysore
* The
Regional Colleges of Education were set up by the N.C.E.R.T. with the
co-operation of “Planning Commission of India
* The
attitude of teacher towards new idea should be = “Receptive
*
Teachers should be made accountable for =“Teaching
* An
excellent teacher must be =“Good guide
What is
your Prime duty as a teacher ? =“To help the student in understanding Physical
and Social Environment
* What
is the best Quality of the teacher ?
“good
human subject being
* The
enthusiastic teachers generally ?
“involve
the students in learning“teaching process
* A
teacher has better chances of succeeding if ? =“he is properly trained for
the profession