Question

The 'Social Interaction Family' of models aims to develop:

• A. Individual intellectual capabilities.
• B. Learning communities and productive social interaction.
• C. Personal meaning and self-efficacy.
• D. Specific observable behavioral skills.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Learning communities and productive social interaction.

Families of Models of Teaching

• Bruce Joyce and Marsha Weil (1980) classified models into four families. They are: -

1. Personal family

2. Social Interaction family

3. Information Processing family

4. The Behavioural Systems family

The Social Interaction Family

• This group of methods aims at building learning communities and purports to develop productive ways of interacting in a democratic setting.

• These models also emphasize that human learning occurs in social settings and through modeled behaviors and social exchanges.

• The models in this family emphasis the relationship of the individual to society.

• The primary goals are :-

► To train students work together.

► To inculcate personal and social values

► To develop skill for maintaining human relation

• The model which belong to this family are :

• The Jurisprudence Model - Donald Oliver

• Social Inquiry model - Thelen Oliver

• Group investigation model - Herbert Thelen

• Role Playing model - Fannie & George Shaftel

• Laboratory Training model - National training laboratory

• Social Stimulation Model