Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Reflective level of teaching ❖ Most thoughtful modes of operation ❖ Enhancing cognitive abilities to the maximum ❖ Provide opportunity to the learners for the careful and critical examination ❖ Free to draw their own conclusion for learning new facts and new insights ❖ Problem solving or discovery approach 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 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 Underlying psychological theory
๏Purposeful, goal directed, insightful approach to learning
๏Art and skill of problem solving behaviour ๏Acquiring the skill of problem solving
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Underlying psychological theory Cognitive field theory of learning
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Objectives
❖ Use of learned facts and acquired understanding for
learning reflectively ❖ Enhance the learners ability to develop and solve problems at their own initiative
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Role of the teacher
❖ To make the students discover them
❖ Learning and discovering by raising problems, initiating mutual discussion and interactions ❖ Welcoming critical engagement
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Role of the learner
❖ Use cognitive abilities
❖ Initiatives in the process of problem raising and problem solving ❖ Learning the art and techniques of problem solving processes
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
The methods employed
❖ Learner centred ❖ Discovering the ways and means of solving problems ❖ Analytic, discovery, problem solving, assignment and project methods
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
The testing devices used
❖ Independent discovery of facts
❖ Set questions- essay type, open end type- which can test problem solving ability and creativity ❖ Attempt for solving problem
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU
Merits ❖ Learner centred- learner himself sets goal and discovers ❖ Utilisation of cognitive abilities ❖ Equip the students to face and solve their problems ❖ Engage independent thinking ❖ Democratic environment ❖ Maximum transfer of learning Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU Demerits
❖ Unstructured teaching and learning situation
❖ Misuse of freedom and flexibility ❖ Requires more efforts on the part of teachers
Dr. Nisanth.P.M, Assistant Professor, Dept of Education, RGU