Question Bank - Child Development and Pedagogy

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While facilitating the learning of a new concept, a teacher should;

A.
Ignore previous knowledge of students
B.
relate new information with prior understanding of students
C.
ignore social-cultural context of students
D.
present information in disconnected chunks

Solution:

Learning may be defined as a relatively durable change in behavior due to experience. Thus, if the change in behavior is temporary, or due to instinct or maturation, it is not learning. The key feature of learning is experience. Any change in behavior in the absence of practice or experience does not qualify as learning. Learning can be improved by:If the curriculum is shifted to child-centered from teacher-centered.Learning can be done through different activities, in which students are fully engaged.Building new concepts on the bases of previous knowledge of the students, so that students can relate to the concepts and easy to get them.Learning should be related to the real world and the surroundings of the students.So Option (2) is the correct answer.?Hint Learning neither ignores the social-cultural context of students, although it relates to the real world and life experiences.Learning can be presented in small related chunks but they can not be disconnected from each other.Additional Information There are many theories in psychology on learning, some of these are:TheoriesProposed byClassical conditioning theoryIvan P. PavlovTrial and Error theoryThorndikeOperant conditioning theoryB. F. Skinner

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