Teaching Aptitude Notes
Introduction
The progress and prosperity of a nation depends upon the development of its human resources. For this purpose, we need highly competent teachers. Teaching aptitude is
basically evaluating candidates who want to enter teaching profession on the basis of their knowledge and skills. It refers to basic qualities required to become a successful teacher. This includes qualification, intelligence, attitude and many other qualities expected from a person who wants to become a successful teacher. Apart from teaching concepts, teaching objectives, teaching methods and teaching aids which are specifically mentioned in the
syllabus, many questions have been asked on classroom situations in NET Exam. The
ensuing discussion can help candidates to comprehend these types of questions correctly.
Concept of Teaching
Teaching can be formal as well as informal. Informal Teaching is carried out within the family
or in community, during initial years of life.
Teaching can be defined in the following ways:
1. Teaching is the purposeful direction and management of the learning process.
2. Teaching is skillful application of, knowledge experience, and scientific principles with an objective to set-up an environment to facilitate learning.
(a) How clearly the students understand
(b) How accurately their learning can be measured
3. Teaching is a process in which the learner, teacher, and school, principle aids are
organized in a systematic way to attain some predetermined goals.
4. Teaching is an activity that causes the child to learn and acquire the desired knowledge
and skills and also the desired ways of living in the society.
Nature or Characteristic Features of Teaching
1. . It has different levels of teaching
2. It takes place in a dynamic environment
3. It is essentially an intellectual activity
4. It tends towards self-organization
5. It is a social service
6. Autonomy freedom
7. It is a continuous process
8. Teaching is a profession
Different levels of Teaching
Memory level of teaching (MLT)
Understanding level of teaching (ULT)
Reflective level of teaching (RLT)
Memory level of teaching (MLT)
1) Herbart is the main proponent of Memory Level of Teaching.
2) Memory is the initial stage of teaching
3) The teaching-learning process is basically 'Stimulus-Response' (S-R) in MLT.
4) The evaluation system mainly includes oral, written, and essay-type
examination.
Understanding level of teaching (ULT)
1) Morrison is the main proponent of Understanding Level of Teaching.
2) It is 'memory plus insight' as it goes beyond just memorizing of facts.
3) It provides more and more opportunities for the students to develop the 'intellectual
behavior'.
4) The evaluation system mainly includes both essay and objective-type questions.
Reflective level of teaching (RLT)
1) Hunt is the main proponent of Reflective Level of Teaching.
2) It includes ULT and MLT.
3) It is problem-centered teaching.
4) The students are assumed to adopt some sort of research approach to solve the
problem.
5) Classroom environment is to be sufficiently 'open and independent'.
6) The pupil occupies the primary place and teacher assumes the secondary place.
7) Mostly essay-type test is used for evaluation Attitude, belief, and involvement are also evaluated.
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