Given below are two statements: Statement I: Instructional technology is a…
2020
Given below are two statements:
Statement I: Instructional technology is a network of techniques pressed into service for realizing instructional objectives.
Statement II: Computer-aided instruction can replace the teacher if the goal of education is personality development.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are true
- B.
Both Statement I and Statement II are false
- C.
Statement I is correct but Statement II is false
- D.
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is true
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: C
Concept
Instructional technology is the systematic organisation of techniques, processes, media and resources that are deliberately applied to achieve defined instructional objectives. Separately, computer-aided instruction (CAI) is an assistive medium: it can deliver, drill and individualise cognitive content, but the affective and social dimensions of learning (values, attitudes, character) depend on human interaction.
Applying it to each statement
Statement I: Calling instructional technology a network of techniques pressed into service for realising instructional objectives matches the accepted, goal-directed definition above. It is true.
Statement II: Personality development is an affective, social and value-laden goal. CAI handles structured cognitive content well, but it cannot model human warmth, mentoring or character-shaping interaction, so it cannot replace the teacher when personality development is the aim. The claim is false.
Cross-check
With Statement I true and Statement II false, the only consistent combination is the one stating Statement I is correct while Statement II is false. The other combinations require either rejecting the standard definition in Statement I or accepting that a machine can substitute for the teacher in shaping personality, neither of which holds.