Question

NCF 2005 recommended connecting school life of students to life outside school. This is related to which maxim of teaching?

• A. From known to unknown
• B. From particular to general
• C. From induction to deduction
• D. From analysis to synthesis

Answer 1

Answer:

A. From known to unknown

Maxims of Teaching

• Maxims of teaching are general psychological principles which serve as a rule or track or guide line in the process of teaching.

• The teacher of Social Science needs to be familiar with well-known maxims related to instructional methodology, as that will enable him, to make the process of learning easier for the pupils.

MAIN MAXIMS OF TEACHING

1. From simple to complex

2. From known to unknown

3. From indefinite to definite

4. From concrete to abstract

5. From analysis to synthesis

6. From particular to general

7. From psychological to logical

8. From induction to deduction

9. From whole to part

10. From empirical to rationale

Proceed from the known to the unkown

• The most natural way of teaching a lesson in Social Science is proceed from something that the pupils already know to these facts which they do not know.

• It is said that familiar knowledge serves as a hook to which the now can be hanged

• In order that some new knowledge becomes acceptable to the young learner, the Social Science teacher must try to meaningfully link it with the child's past experience.