RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHING & LEARNING DR. MAHESWARI JAIKUMAR [email protected]
Teaching-learning is a process through which the teacher, the learner, the curriculum and other variables are organized in a systematic manner in order to attain the pre-set goals.
Teaching as Intentional Activity "teaching is undertaking certain activities the intention of which is to induce learning.
A teacher teaches with an anticipation that certain activities will result in learning, but not guarantee it.
Teaching is the process of carrying out those activities that experience has shown to be effective in getting students to learn.
The teaching process has three main functions as follows : 1. DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION. 2. PRESCRIPTIVE FUNCTION. 3. EVALUATIVE FUNCTION.
EFFECTIVE TEACHING William H Burton (1958) states the following steps towards effective teaching : 1. Teaching should be related to learning.
2. Appropriate teaching conditions should be generated for an effective learning. 3. Teaching strategies & tactics should be selected in such a manner as to achieve the goals.
4. The teacher must understand the relationship of teaching and learning in order to make the process a successful one.
PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING 1. Encourage faculty-student contact. 2. Encourage co-operation among students. 3. Encourage active learning.
4. Prompt feedback. 5. Emphasize time on task. 6.Communicate high expectation. 7. Respect diverse talents & ways of learning.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHING & LEARNING 1. Both teaching & learning may be formal or informal. 2. Both are goal oriented.
3. Good teaching results in good learning. 4. One can observe teaching but not learning.
5. Both teaching and learning require skills, creativity, intelligence and operate on definite principles. 6. Good teaching requires good communication skill & good learning requires good listening skills.